Clinical Aspects of Leptin

Vitamins and Hormones

Volumn 54, Issue C, 1998, Pages 1-30

  Sinha, Madhur K ^a,b   Caro, José F ^a,b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENERGY METABOLISM; HORMONES; HUMANS; LEPTIN; OBESITY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0031601983     PISSN: 00836729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0083-6729(08)60919-X     Document Type: Article

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