Leptin as a proinflammatory cytokine

Contributions to Nephrology

Volumn 151, Issue , 2006, Pages 151-164

  Lord, Graham M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; LEPTIN;

ANIMAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LEPTIN; OBESITY;

EID: 33748073120     PISSN: 03025144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000095326     Document Type: Review

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