Relatively low plasma leptin concentrations precede weight gain in Pima Indians

Nature Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 238-240

  Ravussin, Eric ^a   Pratley, Richard E ^a   Maffei, Margherita ^b   Wang, Hong ^b   Friedman, Jeffrey M ^b   Bennett, Peter H ^a   Bogardus, Clifton ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LEPTIN; PROTEINS; WEIGHT GAIN;

RODENTIA;

EID: 0031050415     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0297-238     Document Type: Article

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