Serum leptin levels in preterm, healthy and sick-term newborns

Acta Paediatrica Taiwanica

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 249-254

  Su, Pen Hua ^a   Wang, Shu Li ^b   Chen, Jia Yuh ^a   Chang Lai, Cheng Pin ^a   Jian, Shu Hua ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Body weight; Leptin; Obese gene; Preterm; Term

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; LEPTIN;

ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LEPTIN; MALE;

EID: 0036763581     PISSN: 16088115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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