Leptin concentrations in serum from a randomly recruited sample of 50- to 80-year-old men and women: Positive association with plasma insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) and IGF-binding protein-3 in lean, but not in obese, individuals

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 70-75

  Seck, Thomas ^a   Englaro, Piera ^b   Blum, Werner F ^c   Scheidt Nave, Christa ^a   Rascher, Wolfgang ^b   Ziegler, Reinhard ^a   Pfeilschifter, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c LILLY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; SOMATOMEDIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0031889402     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1380070     Document Type: Article

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