Age-related changes in sex hormones affect the sex difference in serum leptin independently of changes in body fat

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 378-384

  Baumgartner, Richard N ^a   Waters, Debra L ^b   Morley, John E ^b   Patrick, P ^b   Montoya, George D ^b   Garry, Philip J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRONE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; ESTRONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032969688     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0495(99)90089-6     Document Type: Article

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