Leptin in humans: lessons from translational research
Open Access
- 1 March 2009
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Elsevier in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Vol. 89 (3) , 991S-997S
- https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.2008.26788e
Abstract
Leptin has emerged over the past decade as a key hormone in not only the regulation of food intake and energy expenditure but also in the regulationKeywords
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