journal of men's health
Volume 5, Issue 3 , Pages 239-244 , September 2008

Lower leptin concentration in Type 2 diabetic men

  • Chung-Hua Hsu, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Community Medicine Research Center and Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan and Branch of Chinese Medicine, Taipei city Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Su-Ching Lin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology, Taipei Hospital, Taipei County, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Kung-Chang Hwang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Hospital, Taipei County, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ling-Na Shih, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Hospital, Taipei County, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ying-Li Liao, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Endocrinology and Health, Taipei Hospital, 127 Su-Yuan Road, Hsih-Chuang City, Taipei County, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 20 November 2007 ,Accepted 18 March 2008.

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PII: S1875-6867(08)00146-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jomh.2008.03.017

journal of men's health
Volume 5, Issue 3 , Pages 239-244 , September 2008

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