Changes of maternal serum leptin levels during pregnancy

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 169-171

  Tamás, Peter ^a   Sulyok, Endre ^b   Szabó, István ^a   Vizer, Miklós ^a   Ertl, Tibor ^a   Rascher, Wolfgang ^c   Blum, Werner F ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b Hungarian Academy of Sciences   (Hungary)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d LILLY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Leptin; Maternal weight gain; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATERNAL BLOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE LEVEL;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; PREGNANCY; PROTEINS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0031663087     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000010026     Document Type: Article

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