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Overview: neurobiology of OB protein (leptin)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

L. Arthur Campfield  and
Françoise J. Smith
L. Arthur Campfield*
Affiliation:
Department of Metabolic Diseases, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Nutley, NJ 07110, USA
Françoise J. Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Metabolic Diseases, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Nutley, NJ 07110, USA
*
*Corresponding author: Dr L. Arthur Campfield, fax +1 973 235 8128, email L_Arthur.Campfleld@Roche.com
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Simposium on ‘Leptin: energy regulation and beyond’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 57 , Issue 3 , August 1998 , pp. 429 - 440
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1998

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