Leptin and neuropeptide Y gene expression in human placenta: Ontogeny and evidence for similarities to hypothalamic regulation

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2755-2758

  Dötsch, Jörg ^a   Nusken K D ^a   Knerr, I ^a   Kirschbaum, M ^b   Repp, R ^a   Rascher, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MATERNAL AGE; ONTOGENY; PLACENTA; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

GOES;

EID: 0033308651     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.84.8.5892     Document Type: Article

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