Ghrelin serum levels during oral glucose tolerance test in prepubertal obese children with insulin resistance

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1085-1092

  Galli Tsinopoulou, Assimina ^a   Stylianou, Charilaos ^a   Farmakiotis, Dimitrios ^a   Rousso, Israel ^a   Karamouzis, Michael ^a   Nousia Arvanitakis, Sanda ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ghrelin; Insulin resistance; Oral glucose tolerance test; Prepubertal obesity

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTAKE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREPUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 36348952660     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2007.20.10.1085     Document Type: Article

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