Relationship between concentration of serum leptin and fetal growth

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3281-3284

  Harigaya, Akira ^a   Nagashima, Kanji ^a   Nako, Yasushi ^a   Morikawa, Akihiro ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

EID: 0030884355     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.82.10.4321     Document Type: Article

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