To be lean or not to be lean. Is leptin the answer?

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-15

  Stephens, T W ^a   Caro, J F ^a  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Leptin; Leptin receptor; Obesity; Obesity therapy

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR;

ADIPOCYTE; BODY WEIGHT; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0031932674     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1211943     Document Type: Review

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