Serum leptin levels in girls with precocious puberty

Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 125-129

  Verrotti, Alberto ^a   Basciani, F ^a   Trotta, D ^a   De Simone, M ^b   Morgese, G ^c   Chiarelli, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

BMI; Precocious puberty; Serum leptin

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; BONE AGE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY;

AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; PUBERTY; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS;

EID: 0037534074     PISSN: 03943402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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