Short-term dexamethasone treatment increases plasma leptin independently of changes in insulin sensitivity in healthy women

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 4428-4432

  Larsson, Hillevi ^a   Ahrén, Bo ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ADIPOCYTE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; GENETIC REGULATION; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN INFUSION; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROTEINS;

EID: 0029848687     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.12.4428     Document Type: Article

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