Editorial: Hypothalamic melanocortin signaling in Cachexia

Endocrinology

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 3288-3291

  Lechan, Ronald M ^a   Tatro, Jeffrey B ^b  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; HORMONE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LEPTIN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; MEGESTROL; MELANOCORTIN; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR;

ANOREXIA; APPETITE; BODY WEIGHT; CACHEXIA; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER; EDITORIAL; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFLAMMATION; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; CACHEXIA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 85047684373     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.142.8.8408     Document Type: Editorial

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