Leptin: A novel link between obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular risk, and ventricular hypertrophy

Circulation

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 644-646

  Sader, Sawsan ^b   Nian, Min ^b   Liu, Peter ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Editorials; Hormones; Hypertrophy; Obesity

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EDITORIAL; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENERGY INTAKE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; LEPTIN; MICE; OBESITY; RISK;

EID: 0043165017     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000081427.01306.7D     Document Type: Editorial

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