Fast and feel good?

Vijay K. Kuchroo () and Lindsay B. Nicholson
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Vijay K. Kuchroo: Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Lindsay B. Nicholson: Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Nature, 2003, vol. 422, issue 6927, 27-28

Abstract: Claims that fasting eases symptoms of autoimmune disease have been met with scepticism. But the idea receives some support from the finding that leptin, a hormone that controls body weight, also regulates autoimmunity.

Date: 2003
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