Cord blood leptin levels: Relationship to body weight, body mass index, sex and insulin and cortisol levels of maternal-newborn pairs at delivery

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-77

  Kirel, Birgül ^a   Tekin, Neslihan ^a   Tekin, Başar ^a   Kiliç, Fatma Sultan ^a   Doǧruel, Nesrin ^a   Aydoǧdu, Sultan Durmuş ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Cord blood; Cortisol; Gender; Insulin; Leptin

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; OBESITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0033956073     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2000.13.1.71     Document Type: Article

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