Leptin is not necessary for gestation and parturition but regulates maternal nutrition via a leptin resistance state

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 5259-5262

  Mounzih, Khalid ^a   Qiu, Jun ^a   Ewart Toland, Amanda ^a   Chehab, Farid F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; RECOMBINANT LEPTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHILDBIRTH; ENERGY RESOURCE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESISTANCE; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031724787     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.12.6523     Document Type: Article

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