Serum leptin concentrations in human immunodeficiency virus-infected men with low adiposity

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 303-305

  Yarasheski, Kevin E ^a   Zachwieja, Jeffrey J ^b   Horgan, Mary M ^b   Powderly, William G ^b   Santiago, Julio V ^b   Landt, Michael ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADIPOCYTE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ISOLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MALE; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031024791     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0495(97)90258-4     Document Type: Article

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