Leptin values in placental cord blood of human newborns with normal intrauterine growth after 30-42 weeks of gestation

Hormone Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 10-14

  Gómez, Lourdes ^a,b   Carrascosa, Antonio ^a   Yeste, Diego ^a   Potau, Neus ^a   Riqué, Susana ^a   Ruiz Cuevas, Pilar ^a   Almar, Jordi ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL MATERNO INFANTIL VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Human newborn; Human placental cord blood; Leptin

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREDICTION; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 0032891210     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000023306     Document Type: Article

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