Glucocorticoids contribute to the heritability of leptin in Scottish adult female twins.

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Published in Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) on July 01, 2004

Authors

A M Wallace1, E Banfield, M Ingram, R Fraser, L Swan, W S Hillis, J M C Connell

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK. mwallace@gri-biochem.org.uk

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