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A study of adipose tissue fatty acids

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Irish Journal of Medical Science (1926-1967)

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Samples of fat were obtained on more than one occasion from healthy subjects whose diets remained unchanged and from both obese and healthy subjects on diets of different composition. Fat was also obtained from hypothyroid subjects before and after thyroid treatment.

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  1. Andrew G. A. Heffernan

    Present address: St. Vincent’s Hospital, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2

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  1. Institute of Clinical Research, The Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London, W.I.

    Andrew G. A. Heffernan

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Heffernan, A.G.A. A study of adipose tissue fatty acids. Ir. J. Med. Sci. 41, 29–34 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02978349

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