Serum leptin concentrations in patients with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and non-specific eating disorders correlate with the body mass index but are independent of the respective disease

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 289-293

  Ferron, Fernando ^a   Considine, Robert V ^c   Peino, Roberto ^a   Lado, Isabel G ^a   Dieguez, Carlos ^b   Casanueva, Felipe F ^a,d  

^a Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; BULIMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030956297     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1997.1260938.x     Document Type: Article

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