The abdominal obesity phenotype and insulin resistance are associated with abnormalities of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in humans.
Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Italy. rpasqual@almadns.unibo.it
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D000005:Abdomen; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003480:Cushing Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007030:Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D009765:Obesity / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010641:Phenotype; D010900:Pituitary Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D013577:Syndrome