Leptin is inversely related to age at menarche in human females

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3239-3245

  Matkovic, Velimir ^a   Ilich, Jasminka Z ^a   Skugor, Mario ^a   Badenhop, Nancy E ^a   Goel, Prem ^a   Clairmont, Albert ^a   Klisovic, Dino ^a   Nahhas, Ramzi W ^a   Landoll, John D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BONE MASS; DELAYED PUBERTY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENARCHE; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MENARCHE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROTEINS;

EID: 0030921181     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.10.3239     Document Type: Article

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