Leptin resistance is associated with extreme obesity and aggregates in families

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1471-1473

  Lee, J H ^a   Reed, D R ^a   Price, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Familial risk; Leptin resistance

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PHENOTYPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0034774601     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801736     Document Type: Article

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