Plasma leptin is directly related to body adiposity in subjects with spinal cord injury

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 732-736

  Bauman, W A ^a,b,c   Spungen, A M ^a,b   Zhong, Y G ^a,b   Mobbs, C V ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

body mass index; dual energy x ray absorptiometry; fat mass; paraplegia; plasma leptin; triglycerides

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LEPTIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030454030     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-979889     Document Type: Article

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