Leptin treatment rescues the sterility of genetically obese ob/ob males

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1190-1193

  Mounzih, Khalid ^a   Lu, Ronghua ^a   Chehab, Farid F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MALE STERILITY; MATING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS WEIGHT;

EID: 0031051499     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.3.5024     Document Type: Article

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