Leptin: Product of the obese gene

Nutrition Today

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 138-142

  Behme, Margaret T ^a  

^a BRESCIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

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EID: 85013660538     PISSN: 0029666X     EISSN: 15389839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00017285-199607000-00002     Document Type: Article

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