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Letter to the Editor
Serum leptin levels in heart failure patients may be altered differently according to clinical stage
a Dept. of Internal Medicine III, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
b Clinical Neuroscience Branch, NINDS, Bethesda, MD, U.S.A.
c Dept. of Clinical Physiology, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden
d National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, U.S.A.
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