Robust leptin secretory responses to dexamethasone in obese subjects

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3230-3233

  Dagogo Jack, Samuel ^a   Selke, Gregg ^a   Melson, Angela K ^a   Newcomer, John W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; LEPTIN;

ADULT; AGED; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN SECRETION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROTEINS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

RODENTIA;

EID: 0030884983     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.10.3230     Document Type: Article

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