Plasma levels of active ghrelin until 8 weeks after birth in preterm infants: Relationship with anthropometric and biochemical measures

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Shimizu, T ^a   Kitamura, T ^a   Yoshikawa, N ^a   Suganuma, H ^a   Hisata, K ^a   Tanaka, K ^a   Shinohara, K ^a   Yamashiro, Y ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; PEPTIDE HORMONES;

EID: 34347366301     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.092379     Document Type: Article

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