Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 155-171 , February 2008

Thrifty energy metabolism in catch-up growth trajectories to insulin and leptin resistance

  • Abdul G. Dulloo, PhD (Lecturer and Staff Scientist)

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doi: 10.1016/j.beem.2007.08.001

Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 155-171 , February 2008

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