Fetal and maternal plasma leptin levels during the second half of normal pregnancies and those with Down syndrome

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 394-397

  Radunovic, N ^a   Kuczynski, E ^b   Radunovic, L ^a   Milicevic, S ^a   Funai, E F ^b   Lockwood, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Fetal blood; Leptin; Maternal blood

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORDOCENTESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD SAMPLING; HUMAN; MATERNAL BLOOD; MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0037793379     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/jmf.13.6.394.397     Document Type: Article

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