Leptin level and structure in Italian obese children

Nutrition Research

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1493-1498

  Perrone, Laura ^a,b   Carbone, Maria Teresa ^a   Marotta, Antonio ^a   Palombo, Giuseppe ^a   Francese, Matteo ^a   Cioffi, Michele ^a   Del Giudice, Emanuele Miraglia ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Pediatria   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Fat distribution; Gene amplification; Leptin; OB gene; Obesity

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; ITALY; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0032167920     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(98)00125-0     Document Type: Article

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