Serum leptin levels in patients with progressive central precocious puberty

Pediatric Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-75

  Heger, Sabine ^a   Partsch, Carl Joachim ^a   Peter, Michael ^a   Blum, Werner F ^a   Kiess, Wieland ^b   Sippell, Wolfgang G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEUPRORELIN;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0033016296     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199907000-00012     Document Type: Article

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