Stability of human plasma leptin concentrations within 36 hours following specimen collection

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 87-89

  Chu, Nain Feng ^a   Makowski, Liza ^b   Hotamisligil, Gökhan S ^b   Rimm, Eric B ^b  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG STABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOGENESIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEINS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033042347     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9120(98)00065-4     Document Type: Article

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