Serum leptin concentration during puberty in healthy non-obese adolescents

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1293-1296

  Brandão, Cynthia M A ^a,b   Lombardi, M T ^a   Nishida, S K ^a   Hauache, O M ^a   Vieira, J G H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body composition; Leptin; Pubertal development

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FLUOROMETRY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY TEST; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBERTY; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0142148333     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2003001000003     Document Type: Article

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