Serum leptin is suppressed by growth hormone therapy in growth hormone-deficient children

Hormone Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 18-21

  Rauch, Frank ^a,d   Westermann, Frank ^a   Englaro, Piera ^b   Blum, Werner F ^b,c   Schönau, Eckhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c LILLY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (Germany)

^d SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children, growth hormone deficiency; Leptin; Lipid metabolism

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; LEPTIN; RECOMBINANT GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADIPOCYTE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 3; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LEPTIN; MALE; PROTEINS;

EID: 0031858623     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000023195     Document Type: Article

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