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The hormone resistin links obesity to diabetes

The hormone resistin links obesity to diabetes

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The hormone resistin links obesity to diabetes

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The hormone resistin links obesity to diabetes

Publisher

London: Nature Publishing Group UK

Journal title

Nature (London), 2001-01, Vol.409 (6818), p.307-312

Language

English

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London: Nature Publishing Group UK

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Contents

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease that leads to complications including heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, blindness and nerve damage. Type 2 diabetes, characterized by target-tissue resistance to insulin, is epidemic in industrialized societies and is strongly associated with obesity; however, the mechanism by which increased adiposity ca...

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The hormone resistin links obesity to diabetes

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_743510261

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_743510261

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ISSN

0028-0836

E-ISSN

1476-4687

DOI

10.1038/35053000

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