Leptin concentrations in diabetic and nondiabetic Mexican-Americans

Diabetes

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 822-824

  Haffner, Steven M ^a   Stern, Michael P ^a   Miettinen, Heikki ^a   Wei, Ming ^a   Gingerich, Ronald L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Linco Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; LEPTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0029893211     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diab.45.6.822     Document Type: Article

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