Leptin: Its role in obesity and beyond

Diabetologia

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1371-1379

  Tritos, N A ^a,b   Mantzoros, C S ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; LEPTIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ENERGY BALANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STARVATION;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; LEPTIN; OBESITY; PROTEINS;

EID: 0031438686     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001250050838     Document Type: Review

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