Leptin - A regulator of islet function?: Its plasma levels correlate with glucagon and insulin secretion in healthy women

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1477-1481

  Ahrén, Bo ^a   Larsson, Hillevi ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GLUCAGON; INSULIN; LEPTIN; PANCREAS POLYPEPTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCAGON RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN RELEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031468011     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0495(97)90152-9     Document Type: Article

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