Relationships of plasma leptin levels to changes in plasma free fatty acids in women who are lean and women who are abdominally obese

Obesity Research

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 442-446

  Hennes, Magda M I ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Free fatty acids; Insulin; Leptin

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FATTY ACID; HEPARIN; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LIPID EMULSION; PROTEIN;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY CONSTITUTION; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OBESITY;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY CONSTITUTION; FASTING; FAT EMULSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INSULIN; LEPTIN; OBESITY; PROTEINS;

EID: 0031226847     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1997.tb00668.x     Document Type: Article

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