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Congenital leptin deficiency and thyroid function

Thyroid function is closely related to leptin's secretion by the adipose tissue. In states of leptin-deficiency, the circadian rhythm of TSH is altered, leading to central hypothyroidism in animal models. In humans, central hypothyroidism has also been described in rare cases of congenital lept...

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Autores principales: Paz-Filho, Gilberto, Delibasi, Tuncay, Erol, Halil K, Wong, Ma-Li, Licinio, Julio
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2776005/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19889232
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-6614-2-11