Extremely low values of serum leptin in children with congenital generalized lipoatrophy

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 107-109

  Jaquet, D ^a   Khallouf, E ^b   Levy Marchal C ^a   Czernichow, P ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^b SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LEPTIN;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOATROPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ERRATUM; ERROR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSANGUINITY; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LIPID METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; MALE; PROTEINS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0033016192     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1400107     Document Type: Article

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