Serum leptin levels during childhood and adolescence: Relationship with age, sex, adiposity and puberty

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 447-455

  Kirel, Birgül ^a   Doǧruel, Nesrin ^a   Akgün, Nejat ^a   Kiliç, Fatma S ^a   Tekin, Neslihan ^a   Uçar, Birsen ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Childhood; Leptin; Obesity; Puberty

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOMATOTYPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEPTIN; MALE; PUBERTY; SEX FACTORS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOMATOTYPES;

EID: 0033205254     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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