The ob gene and insulin: A relationship leading to clues to the understanding of obesity

Diabetes

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1995, Pages 1467-1470

  Cusin, Isabelle ^a,b   Sainsbury, Amanda ^a   Doyle, Patrick ^a   Rohner Jeanrenaud, Françoise ^a   Jeanrenaud, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b Laboratoires de Rech Metaboliques   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DOWN REGULATION; HYPERINSULINEMIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0028821861     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diab.44.12.1467     Document Type: Article

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