Last word on viewpoint: Effect of altitude on leptin levels, does it go up or down?

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1691-

  Sierra Johnson, Justo ^a,b   Romero Corral, Abel ^a   Somers, Virend K ^a   Johnson, Bruce D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR;

ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE CONTROL; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXIA; LETTER; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; HUMANS; LEPTIN;

EID: 57349101441     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.90679.2008     Document Type: Letter

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