UKPDS 20: Plasma leptin, obesity, and plasma insulin in type 2 diabetic subjects

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 654-657

  Widjaja, Adji ^a   Stratton, Irene M ^a   Horn, Ruediger ^b   Holman, Rury R ^a   Turner, Robert ^a   Brabant, Georg ^b  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LEPTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031031624     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.82.2.3744     Document Type: Article

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