Contribution of androgens to the gender difference in leptin production in obese children and adolescents

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 808-813

  Wabitsch, Martin ^a   Blum, Werner F ^b,c   Muche, Rainer ^a   Braun, Mike ^a   Hube, Frank ^d   Rascher, Wolfgang ^c   Heinze, Eberhard ^a   Teller, Walter ^a   Hauner, Hans ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c LILLY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ CENTER FOR DIABETES RESEARCH AT HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Androgens; Gender difference; Human adipose tissue; Leptin

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; LEPTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADIPOCYTE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030848557     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI119595     Document Type: Article

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