Leptin and female reproduction

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-95

  Di Carlo, Costantino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Estrogens; Hormone replacement therapy; Leptin; Menopause; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; HORMONE; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; RECOMBINANT LEPTIN;

AMENORRHEA; ANOREXIA; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELAYED PUBERTY; DRUG EXPOSURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION; MALNUTRITION; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FUNCTION; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UTERUS WEIGHT;

EID: 0037217116     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03345131     Document Type: Review

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