The Obese (ob) Gene and Its Product Leptin.
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عنوان ژورنال: Nippon Eiyo Shokuryo Gakkaishi
سال: 1997
ISSN: 1883-2849,0287-3516
DOI: 10.4327/jsnfs.50.87