Postnatal changes of leptin levels in full-term and preterm neonates: Their relation to intrauterine growth, gender and testosterone

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 167-176

  Ertl, Tibor ^d   Funke, Simone ^d   Sárkény, Ilona ^d   Szabó, István ^d   Rascher, Wolfgang ^a   Blum, Werner F ^a,b   Sulyok, Endre ^c  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LILLY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (Germany)

^c Hungarian Academy of Sciences   (Hungary)

^d Box 76 ^*

Author keywords

Gender difference; Postnatal changes; Serum leptin

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; ENERGY BALANCE; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLACENTA; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LEPTIN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0032932669     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000014093     Document Type: Article

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