Serum leptin concentrations in Caucasian and African-American girls

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3574-3577

  Wong, William W ^a   Nicolson, Margery ^c   Stuff, Janice E ^a   Butte, Nancy F ^a   Ellis, Kenneth J ^a   Hergenroeder, Albert C ^b   Hill, Rebecca B ^b   Smith, Elliot O ^a  

^a CHILDREN S NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; LEPTIN; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROTEINS; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0031741461     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.10.3574     Document Type: Article

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