Serum leptin levels in postmenopausal women: Effects of transdermal hormone replacement therapy

Menopause

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 36-41

  Di Carlo, Costantino ^a   Tommaselli, Giovanni A ^a   Pisano, Gustavo ^b   Nasti, Anna ^b   Rossi, Valentina ^b   Palomba, Stefano ^a   Nappi, Carmine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hormone replacement therapy; Leptin; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LEPTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0033981441     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042192-200007010-00007     Document Type: Article

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