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Effect of tuberculosis treatment on leptin levels, weight gain, and percentage body fat in Indonesian children

PURPOSE: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a problem in the community. TB patients usually experience malnutrition, which is characterized by both decreased body weight (BW) and body fat percentage (BFP). Leptin, an important regulator of BW, also plays an important role in cellular immunity, which is integ...

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Autores principales: Mexitalia, Maria, Dewi, Yesi Oktavia, Pramono, Adriyan, Anam, Mohammad Syarofil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Pediatric Society 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5410618/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28461825
http://dx.doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2017.60.4.118