The obese (ob) gene and its product leptin - A new route toward obesity treatment in man?

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 327-332

  Lonnqvist F ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; LEPTIN;

FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0029994280     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/89.5.327     Document Type: Review

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