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The role of altered sympathetic nervous system activity in the pathogenesis of obesity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Eric Ravussin
Affiliation:
Clinical Diabetes and Nutrition Section, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 4212 North 16th Street, Rm 541, Phoenix, Arizona 85016, USA
Pietro Antonio Tataranni
Affiliation:
Clinical Diabetes and Nutrition Section, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 4212 North 16th Street, Rm 541, Phoenix, Arizona 85016, USA
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Type
‘Predisposition to obesity: metabolic and/or behavioural factors’ Symposium 1
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1996

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