The reproductive side of leptin

Nature Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 952-953

  Chehab, Farid F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MATERNAL PLASMA; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REPRODUCTION; SHORT SURVEY;

DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PROTEINS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0030865242     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0997-952     Document Type: Short Survey

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