Determinants of early life leptin levels and later life degenerative outcomes

Clinical Medicine and Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 326-335

  Alexe, Delia Marina ^a   Syridou, Garyfallia ^a   Petridou, Eleni Th ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Degenerative health outcomes; Early life; Later life; Leptin

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; HUMAN; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREMATURITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEPTICEMIA;

EID: 33846533057     PISSN: 15394182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3121/cmr.4.4.326     Document Type: Review

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