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hypoleptinemic

hypoleptinemic

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Adjective

hypoleptinemic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to hypoleptinemia
    • 2015 October 8, “Leptin Is Required for Glucose Homeostasis after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in Mice”, in PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0139960:
      Despite equivalent weight loss post-RYGB, patients who fail to undergo remission of diabetes are hypoleptinemic when compared to those patients who do, as well as to lean controls [22 ].