Leptin and obesity - The story so far and its therapeutic implications

CNS Drugs

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 413-424

  Mercer, J G ^a   Hoggard, N ^a   Morgan, P J ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE;

DIABETES MELLITUS; ENERGY BALANCE; FOOD INTAKE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERPHAGIA; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; SATIETY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0034518358     PISSN: 11727047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00023210-200014060-00001     Document Type: Review

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