Leptin enhances peroxide production in human umbilical cord leucocytes

Medical Science Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 245-246

  García, Alexis H ^a   Rivera, Henry ^a   Radzioch, Danuta ^a   Bianca, Isaac ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Leptin; Newborns; Peroxide production; Polymorphonuclear cells; Umbilical cord leucocytes

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN DERIVATIVE; LEPTIN; PEROXIDE; RECOMBINANT LEPTIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MONOCYTE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 0032927721     PISSN: 02698951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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