Leptin, malnutrition, and immune response in rural Gambian children

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 192-197

  Moore, Sophie E ^a,b   Morgan, G ^a,b   Collinson, A C ^a,b   Swain, J A ^c   O'Connell, M A ^c   Prentice, A M ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPLOID CELL VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; LEPTIN; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RURAL AREA; SALIVA LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROCONVERSION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANTIBODY FORMATION; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CHILD; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; LEPTIN; MALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; RURAL HEALTH; SALIVA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0036723951     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.87.3.192     Document Type: Article

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