Serum leptin levels of premature and full-term newborns in early infancy: Metabolic catch-up of premature babies

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 232-238

  Toprak, Demet ^a   Gökalp, Ayşe Sevim ^a   Hatun, Şükrü ^a   Zengin, Emine ^a   Arisoy, Ayşe Engin ^a   Yumuk, Zeki ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Full term infant; Leptin; Preterm infant; Thickness of subcutaneous adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LEPTIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREMATURITY; PROTEIN SECRETION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; THICKNESS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 4644256853     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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