Serum leptin in short children born small for gestational age: Dose-dependent effect of growth hormone treatment

Hormone Research

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 120-125

  Boguszewski, Margaret C S ^a,b,d   De Zegher, Francis ^c   Albertsson Wikland, Kerstin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d Unidade de Endocrinologia Pediatrica   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Growth hormone treatment; Intrauterine growth retardation; Leptin; Short children

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; LEPTIN;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT STATURE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BELGIUM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LEPTIN; MALE; SWEDEN;

EID: 0034443654     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000053244     Document Type: Article

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