Raised leptin concentrations at high altitude associated with loss of appetite

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9134, 1998, Pages 1119-1120

  Tschöp, Matthias ^a   Strasburger, Christian J ^b   Hartmann, Gunther ^b   Biollaz, Jerome ^b   Bärtsch, Peter ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ANOREXIA; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032480628     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)79760-9     Document Type: Article

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