Are hyperostosis frontalis interna and leptin linked? A hypothetical approach about hormonal influence on human microevolution

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 378-381

  Ruhli F J ^a   Henneberg, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BONE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPEROSTOSIS; LIPID METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATIETY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKULL;

BONE DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; HYPEROSTOSIS FRONTALIS INTERNA; LEPTIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SELECTION (GENETICS); SKULL;

EID: 0036020682     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/mehy.2001.1481     Document Type: Article

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