Circulating leptin levels and weight loss in Alzheimer's disease patients

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 167-170

  Power, Dermot A ^a   Noel, Jacques ^b   Collins, Ronan ^c   O'Neill, Des ^c  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c Adelaide and Meath Hospitals   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Leptin

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BODY MASS INDEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0035128130     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000051252     Document Type: Article

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