Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental
Volume 56, Issue 8 , Pages 1076-1080 , August 2007

Free and total leptin serum levels and soluble leptin receptors levels in two models of genetic obesity: the Prader-Willi and the Down syndromes

  • Caterina Proto

      Affiliations

    • Laboratories Department and Department of Mental Retardation, "Oasi" Institute for Research Maria SS, 94018 Troina (EN), Italy
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  • Daniela Romualdi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, L.go Agostino Gemelli, 8-00168 Rome, Italy
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  • Rosa Maria Cento

      Affiliations

    • Laboratories Department and Department of Mental Retardation, "Oasi" Institute for Research Maria SS, 94018 Troina (EN), Italy
    • ,
  • Corrado Romano

      Affiliations

    • Laboratories Department and Department of Mental Retardation, "Oasi" Institute for Research Maria SS, 94018 Troina (EN), Italy
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  • Giuseppe Campagna

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, L.go Agostino Gemelli, 8-00168 Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Antonio Lanzone

      Affiliations

    • Laboratories Department and Department of Mental Retardation, "Oasi" Institute for Research Maria SS, 94018 Troina (EN), Italy
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, L.go Agostino Gemelli, 8-00168 Rome, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, L.go Agostino Gemelli, 8-00168 Rome, Italy. Tel.: +39 06/30577; fax: +39 06/30577.

Received 1 December 2006 ,Accepted 28 March 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2007.03.016

Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental
Volume 56, Issue 8 , Pages 1076-1080 , August 2007

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