Metabolic syndrome and leptin concentrations in obese children

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 593-596

  Hamidi, Anahita ^a   Fakhrzadeh, Hossein ^a   Moayyeri, Alireza ^a   Heshmat, Ramin ^a   Ebrahimpour, Pantea ^a   Larjani, Bagher ^a,b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Leptin; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LEPTIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; BLOOD; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY;

EID: 33747066440     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02759924     Document Type: Article

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