Short-term effects of prednisolone and dexamethasone on circulating concentrations of leptin and sex hormone-binding globulin in children being treated for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 770-776

  Wallace, A M ^a   Tucker, P ^b   Williams, D M ^b   Hughes, I A ^b   Ahmed, S F ^c  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; LEPTIN; PREDNISOLONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADIPOCYTE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER REGRESSION; CELL ACTIVITY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENCY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LEPTIN; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; PREDNISOLONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037793293     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2003.01790.x     Document Type: Article

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