Sex differences in circulating human leptin pulse amplitude: Clinical implications

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 4140-4147

  Licinio, Julio ^a   Negrão, André B ^a   Mantzoros, Christos ^c   Kaklamani, Virginia ^c   Wong, Ma Li ^a   Bongiorno, Peter B ^a   Negro, Paula P ^a   Mulla, Abeda ^a   Veldhuis, Johannes D ^d   Cearnal, Laura ^b   Flier, Jeffrey S ^c   Gold, Philip W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENTROPY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RESISTANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 15144356418     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.11.4140     Document Type: Article

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