Sex-based differences in serum leptin concentrations from umbilical cord blood at delivery

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 655-658

  Tome, Maria A ^a   Lage, Mary ^a   Camiña, Jesus P ^a   Garcia Mayor, Ricardo V ^b   Dieguez, Carlos ^a   Casanueva, Felipe F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL XERAL CALDE   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; PROTEINS;

EID: 0031454894     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1370655     Document Type: Article

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