Leptin and leptin receptors during malaria infection in mice

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 249-251

  Pulido Mendez, Magdalena ^a   De Sanctis, Juan ^a   Rodríguez Acosta, Alexis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Leptin; Malaria; Plasmodium berghei; Soluble leptin receptor

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

EID: 0036945123     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2002.046     Document Type: Article

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