Leptin: The voice of the adipose tissue

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 2-8

  Blum, W F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adipose; Anorexia nervosa; Leptin; Obesity; Regulation

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; HORMONE; HORMONE RECEPTOR; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE STRUCTURE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; NEURONS; OBESITY; PROTEINS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0030657861     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000191303     Document Type: Article

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