Constitutional delay in growth and puberty (CDGP) is associated with hypoleptinaemia

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 721-726

  Gill, Matthew S ^a   Hall, Catherine M ^a   Tillmann, Vallo ^a   Clayton, Peter E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BONE MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HYPOLEPTINAEMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SCORING SYSTEM;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; PROTEINS; PUBERTY, DELAYED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033031803     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1999.00736.x     Document Type: Article

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