Cord blood leptin is associated with size at birth and predicts infancy weight gain in humans

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1145-1148

  Ong, Ken Kl ^a   Ahmed, Marion L ^a   Sherriff, Andrea ^b   Woods, Katie A ^a   Watts, Angie ^c   Golding, Jean ^b   Dunger, David B ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LEPTIN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHILD GROWTH; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0033064807     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.84.3.5657     Document Type: Article

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