Leptin as a metabolic regulator during fetal and neonatal life and in childhood and adolescence

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 483-496

  Kiess, Wieland ^a   Siebler, Thomas ^a   Englaro, Piera ^b   Kratzsch, Jürgen ^a   Deutscher, Jens ^a   Meyer, Kerstin ^a   Gallaher, Brian ^a   Blum, Werner F ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c LILLY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (Germany)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Body fatness; Body mass index; Childhood; Energy; Leptin; Metabolism; Ob gene; Obesity; Puberty; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADOLESCENCE; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHILD GROWTH; ENERGY METABOLISM; FETUS GROWTH; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

EID: 0031695844     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.1998.11.4.483     Document Type: Review

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