Difference in Body Fat Percentage Does Not Explain the Gender Dimorphism in Leptin in Asian Indians

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1164-1167

  Snehalatha, C ^a   Ramachandran, A ^a   Satyavani, K ^a   Sivasankari, S ^a   Vijay, V ^a  

^a Diabetes Research Centre Tamil Nadu   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033302569     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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