Serum leptin and lactational amenorrhea in well-nourished and undernourished lactating women

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 988-994

  Tennekoon, Kamani H ^a   Wasalathanthri, Sudharshani ^a   Jeevathayaparan, Siththamparampillai ^a   Karunanayake, Eric H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Lactational amenorrhea; Leptin; Maternal nutrition

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LACTATION; MENSTRUATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM;

EID: 17044380531     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.08.037     Document Type: Article

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