Leptin in human plasma is derived in part from the brain, and cleared by the kidneys
- 1 March 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in The Lancet
- Vol. 351 (9106) , 879
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(05)70289-0
Abstract
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