Leptin levels do not change acutely with food administration in normal or obese subjects, but are negatively correlated with pituitary-adrenal activity

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 751-757

  Korbonits, Márta ^a   Trainer, Peter J ^a   Little, John A ^a   Edwards, Ray ^a   Kopelman, Peter G ^b   Besser, G Michael ^a   Svec, Frank ^a   Grossman, Ashley B ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LEPTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULINOMA; MALE; OBESITY; PANCREAS RESECTION; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN SECRETION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030738331     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1997.1820979.x     Document Type: Article

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