Leptin;Leptina

Acta Medica Portuguesa

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 281-285

  Baptista, Carla ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fatness; Leptin

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; LECTIN; LEPTIN;

ADIPOCYTE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LEPTIN; OBESITY;

EID: 0036663153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16460758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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