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SUBMITTER: Conroy R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3139754 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Conroy Rushika R Girotra Monica M Shane Elizabeth E McMahon Donald J DJ Pavlovich Katherine H KH Leibel Rudolph L RL Rosenbaum Michael M Korner Judith J
Metabolism: clinical and experimental 20110412 9
The objective was to examine the effects of weight loss and leptin administration following weight loss on calciotropic hormones and bone turnover. This was a prospective, single-blinded study of 12 subjects (8 women, 4 men; 2 nonobese, 10 obese; age range, 19-46 years) who were studied on an inpatient basis while maintaining their usual weight [Wt(initial)] and during maintenance of 10% weight loss while receiving twice-daily injections of either a placebo [Wt(-10%P)] or replacement doses of le ...[more]