Effect of weight loss and the inflammatory response on leptin concentrations in gastrointestinal cancer patients

Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2977-2979

  Wallace, A Michael ^a   Sattar, Naveed ^a   McMillan, Donald C ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENERGY BALANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LEPTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEINS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0032407098     PISSN: 10780432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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