Leptin is involved in gender-related differences in insulin sensitivity

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 505-511

  Fernández Real, José Manuel ^a   Casamitjana, Roser ^b   Ricart Engel, Wifredo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTRAVENOUS GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEPTIN; MALE; OBESITY; PROTEINS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031670425     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1998.00566.x     Document Type: Article

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