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International Journal of Endocrinology
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 270698, 6 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/270698
Research Article

Short Hypoxia Does not Affect Plasma Leptin in Healthy Men under Euglycemic Clamp Conditions

Andre Schmoller,1 Michaela Voss,1 Hartmut Gehring,2 Sebastian Rudolf,1 Ulrich Schweiger,1 Bernd Schultes,3 and Kerstin M. Oltmanns1,4

1Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Luebeck, D-23538 Luebeck, Germany
2Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Luebeck, D-23538 Luebeck, Germany
3Interdisciplinary Obesity Center, St. Gallen, CH-9400 Rorschach, Switzerland
4Department of Neuroendocrinology, University of Luebeck, D-23538 Luebeck, Germany

Received 15 January 2009; Accepted 12 March 2009

Academic Editor: Graeme Eisenhofer

Copyright © 2009 Andre Schmoller et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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