Serum leptin levels in children with acute viral hepatitis A

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 409-413

  Canner, I ^a   Selimoglu, M A ^b   Yazgi, H ^c   Ertekin, V ^b  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LEPTIN;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; LEPTIN; LIVER; MALE;

EID: 34249689533     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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