Serum leptin is increased in growth hormone-deficient adults: Relationship to body composition and effects of placebo-controlled growth hormone therapy for 1 year

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 812-817

  Fisker, S ^a   Vahl, N ^b   Hansen, T B ^b   Jorgensen J O L ^b   Hagen, C ^b   Orskov H ^b   Christiansen, J S ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; LEPTIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG EFFECT; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030745227     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0495(97)90128-1     Document Type: Article

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