Serum leptin levels in normal children: Relationship to age, gender, body mass index, pituitary-gonadal hormones, and pubertal stage

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2849-2855

  Garcia Mayor, Ricardo V ^a   Andrade, M Amalia ^a   Rios, Monserrat ^a   Lage, Mary ^b   Dieguez, Carlos ^b   Casanueva, Felipe F ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL XERAL CALDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADIPOCYTE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HORMONES; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; PITUITARY HORMONES; PROTEINS; PUBERTY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0030964490     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.9.2849     Document Type: Article

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