Child-Pugh classification dependent alterations in serum leptin levels among cirrhotic patients: A case controlled study

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Bolukbas, Fusun F ^a   Bolukbas, Cengiz ^a   Horoz, Mehmet ^a   Gumus, Mahmut ^b   Erdogan, Mehmet ^b   Zeyrek, Fadile ^a   Yayla, Ali ^b   Ovunc, Oya ^c  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Kartal Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^c GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS HEPATITIS; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FIBROSIS; HEPATITIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIROLOGY;

BODY COMPOSITION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 10444282761     PISSN: 1471230X     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-4-23     Document Type: Article

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