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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI104331

THE COMPOSITION AND BIOSYNTHESIS OF LIPIDS IN HUMAN ADIPOSE TISSUES

Alfred Gellhorn and Paul A. Marks

Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the Medical Service, Francis Delafield Hospital, New York, N. Y.

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This work was supported in part by Grant CY-2332 of the National Cancer Institute, U. S. Public Health Service, The Alma Toorock Memorial Fund and the Evelyn R. Hill Fund. A portion of these data has been presented in the Proceedings of the International Symposium on Drugs Affecting Lipid Metabolism, Milan, 1960.

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Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the Medical Service, Francis Delafield Hospital, New York, N. Y.

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This work was supported in part by Grant CY-2332 of the National Cancer Institute, U. S. Public Health Service, The Alma Toorock Memorial Fund and the Evelyn R. Hill Fund. A portion of these data has been presented in the Proceedings of the International Symposium on Drugs Affecting Lipid Metabolism, Milan, 1960.

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Published June 1, 1961 - More info

Published in Volume 40, Issue 6 on June 1, 1961
J Clin Invest. 1961;40(6):925–932. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI104331.
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