Elevated leptin concentrations in growth hormone-deficient hypopituitary adults

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 153-159

  Al Shoumer, Kamal A S ^a,b   Anyaoku, Victor ^a   Richmond, William ^a   Johnston, Desmond G ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030805061     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1997.2131054.x     Document Type: Article

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