Weight loss and cerebrospinal-fluid leptin in obesity

Lancet

Volumn 351, Issue 9100, 1998, Pages 415-416

  Krotkiewski, Marcin ^a   Holmgren, Eddy ^b   Karlsson, Ulla ^b   Carlsson, Lena M S ^b   Carlsson, Björn ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0032492133     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)78353-7     Document Type: Article

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