Ghrelin and its relationship to growth hormones during normal pregnancy

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 554-559

  Fuglsang, Jens ^a   Skjærbæk, Christian ^a   Espelund, Ulrick ^a   Frystyk, Jan ^a   Fisker, Sanne ^a   Flyvbjerg, Allan ^a   Ovesen, Per ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETAGOGUE RECEPTOR; INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY WEIGHT; CARRIER PROTEINS; FEMALE; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; INSULIN; PARTURITION; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 18444368426     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02257.x     Document Type: Article

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