Leptin, a tool of parasites?

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 849-852

  Lõhmus, Mare ^a   Moalem, Sharon ^b   Björklund, Mats ^c  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Appetite; Appetite regulating peptides; Disease anorexia; Parasite; Yellow necked mouse

Indexed keywords

INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LARVA; PARASITE INFESTATION; PEPTIDE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLASMA; RODENT;

APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; MUS; TAENIA TAENIAEFORMIS; VERMES;

EID: 84866693808     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0385     Document Type: Article

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