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The inhibition of growth hormone secretion presented in obesity is not mediated by the high leptin levels: a study in human leptin deficiency patients.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Jan 2003
Ozata Metin, Dieguez Carlos, Casanueva Felipe F
Abstract excerpt
GH secretion is regulated by hypothalamic and peripheral hormones under a very complex interplay. Superimposed on this regulation, signals of a metabolic nature connect GH secretion with the metabolic and energetic homeostasis of a given individual. GH secretion is enhanced in malnutrition and is severely impeded in obesity, but no information is available to explain why GH secretion is severely impeded or...
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