Does leptin play a role in obesity-asthma relationship?

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 207-212

  Mai, Xiao Mei ^a,b   Chen, Yue ^b   Krewski, Daniel ^b  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Body mass index; Leptin; Obesity

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT CONTROL;

ASTHMA; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEPTIN; OBESITY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 65349137581     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2008.00812.x     Document Type: Article

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