Leptin is present in human cord blood

Diabetes

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 917-919

  Sivan, Eyal ^a   Michael Lin, W ^a   Homko, Carol J ^a   Albert Reece, E ^a   Boden, Guenther ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTE; ARTICLE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 15644380109     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diab.46.5.917     Document Type: Article

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