Leptin and puberty: A review

Pituitary

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 79-86

  Gueorguiev, Maria ^a   Góth, Miklós I ^a,b   Korbonits, Márta ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Leptin; Puberty; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENERGY BALANCE; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; INFERTILITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; GONADS; HUMANS; LEPTIN; PUBERTY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

EID: 0035692569     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012943029127     Document Type: Article

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