Serum leptin concentration in cord blood: Relationship to birth weight and gender in pregnancies complicated by pre-eclampsia

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 442-447

  Laml, T ^a   Hartmann, B W ^b   Preyer, O ^a   Ruecklinger, E ^d   Soeregi, G ^a   Wagenbichler, P ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIV KLIN FÜR FRAUENHEILKUNDE   (Austria)

^c Ignaz Semmelweis Frauenklinik der Stadt Wien   (Austria)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Birth Weight; Cord Blood; Gender; Leptin; Pre eclampsia

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 0034473075     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09513590009167717     Document Type: Article

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