Ghrelin in small-for-gestational age (SGA) newborn babies: A cross-sectional study

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-46

  Méndez Ramírez, Francisco ^b   Barbosa Sabanero, Gloria ^a,b   Romero Gutiérrez, Gustavo ^c   Malacara, Juan Manuel ^b  

^a Universidad de Guanajuato ^*  (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESACYL GHRELIN; GHRELIN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LEPTIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 1; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CHILDBIRTH; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GHRELIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 1; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEINS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LEPTIN; MALE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 58149173344     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2008.03278.x     Document Type: Article

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