Higher serum leptin level in women than in men with type 1 diabetes

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 323, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 206-209

  Azar, Sami T ^a   Salti, Ibrahim ^a   Zantout, Mira S ^a   Shahine, Carmen H ^a   Zalloua, Pierre A ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight regulation; Gender; Leptin; Obesity; Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; LEPTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE DURATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; OBESITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0036083568     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200204000-00007     Document Type: Article

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