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Measurement of immunofunctional leptin to detect and monitor patients with functional leptin deficiency
CONTEXT AND AIMS: Functional leptin deficiency is characterized by high levels of circulating immunoreactive leptin (irLep), but a reduced bioactivity of the hormone due to defective receptor binding. As a result of the fact that affected patients can be successfully treated with metreleptin, it was...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Bioscientifica Ltd
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5292973/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28007844 http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/EJE-16-0821 |