Serum leptin through childhood and adolescence

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 727-733

  Clayton, Peter E ^a   Gill, Matthew S ^a   Hall, Catherine M ^a   Tillmann, Vallo ^a   Whatmore, Andrew J ^a   Price, David A ^a  

^a ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PUBERTY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TESTIS SIZE; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0030738022     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1997.2081026.x     Document Type: Article

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