Serum leptin concentration in women: Effect of age, obesity, and estrogen administration

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 472-477

  Daniel Castracane, V ^a   Kraemer, Robert R ^b   Franken, Mary Ann ^a   Kraemer, Ginger R ^c   Gimpel, Terry ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c North Oaks Obstetrics and Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Aging; Estrogen; Hormone replacement therapy; Leptin; Males; Menopause; Oral contraceptives

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; LEPTIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROTEINS;

EID: 0031666525     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00187-3     Document Type: Article

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