Circulating ghrelin levels in newborns are not associated to gender, body weight and hormonal parameters but depend on the type of delivery

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Bellone, S ^a   Rapa, A ^a   Vivenza, D ^a   Vercellotti, A ^a   Petri, A ^a   Radetti, G ^b   Bellone, J ^c   Broglio, F ^d   Ghigo, E ^d   Bona, Gianni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b Regional Hospital   (Italy)

^c REGINA MARGHERITA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body weight; Delivery; Gender; Ghrelin; Newborns

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; HORMONE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; PEPTIDE HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 10744228968     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03345172     Document Type: Article

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