Leptin serum concentrations in healthy neonates within the first week of life: Relation to insulin and growth hormone levels, skinfold thickness, body mass index and weight

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 199-204

  Schubring, Christian ^a   Siebler, Thomas ^b   Kratzsch, Jürgen ^b   Englaro, Piera ^d   Blum, Werner F ^c   Triep, Karin ^a   Kiess, Wieland ^b  

^a Agaplesion Evangelisches Krankenhaus Mittelhessen   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^d Uiniversita' di Padova   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; GENE PRODUCT; GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; LEPTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAPILLARY BLOOD; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IMMUNOASSAY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VENOUS BLOOD;

EID: 0032769388     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1999.00761.x     Document Type: Article

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