Leptin concentrations in maternal serum and cord blood: Relationship to maternal anthropometry and fetal growth

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 106, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1054-1060

  Geary, Michael ^a   Pringle, P Jane ^a   Persaud, Marcia ^a   Wilshin, Jean ^a   Hindmarsh, Peter C ^a   Rodeck, Charles H ^a   Brook, Charles G D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORD SERUM; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEPTIN BLOOD LEVEL; MATERNAL BLOOD; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032869648     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1999.tb08113.x     Document Type: Article

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