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Visceral fat mass determination in rodent: validation of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry and anthropometric techniques in fat and lean rats

BACKGROUND: Because abdominal obesity is predisposed to various metabolic disorders, it is of major importance to assess and track the changes with time of this specific fat mass. The main issue for clinicians or researchers is to use techniques for assessing abdominal fat deposition and its accumul...

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Autores principales: Gerbaix, Maude, Metz, Lore, Ringot, Emeline, Courteix, Daniel
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3014952/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21143884
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-511X-9-140