Leptin binding activity changes with age: The link between leptin and puberty

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2336-2341

  Quinton, N D ^a,c   Smith, R F ^c   Clayton, P E ^d,h   Gill, M S ^d   Shalet, S ^e   Justice, S K ^a   Simon, S A ^a   Walters, S ^b   Postel Vinay, M C ^f   Blakemore, A I F ^c   Ross, R J M ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f INSERM   (France)

^g NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR;

AGE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBERTY;

EID: 0033305769     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.84.7.2336     Document Type: Article

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