Ghrelin-Leptin tango in body-weight regulation

Gastroenterology

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1532-1535

  Cummings, David E ^a   Foster, Karen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; LEPTIN;

BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; EDITORIAL; ENERGY BALANCE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0038297412     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5085(03)00350-0     Document Type: Editorial

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