Leptin levels show diurnal variation throughout puberty in healthy children, and follow a gender-specific pattern

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 43-51

  Ankarberg Lindgren, C ^a   Dahlgren, J ^a   Carlsson, B ^a   Rosberg, S ^a   Carlsson, L ^a   Wikland, K A ^a   Norjavaara, E ^a  

^a QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LEPTIN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENARCHE; NIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0034925075     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1450043     Document Type: Article

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