Leptin concentrations in precocious puberty or untimely puberty with and without GnRH analogue therapy

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 839-845

  Witchel, Selma F ^a   Arslanian, Silva ^a   Lee, Peter A ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Leptin; Puberty

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; LEPTIN; LEUPRORELIN;

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY;

EID: 0033430938     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.1999.12.6.839     Document Type: Article

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