The relationship between leptin, gonadotropic hormones, and body composition during puberty in a Dutch children cohort

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 973-978

  Rutters, F ^a   Nieuwenhuizen, A G ^a   Verhoef, S P M ^a   Lemmens, S G T ^a   Vogels, N ^a   Westerterp Plantenga, M S ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PUBERTY;

EID: 66149117350     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-08-0762     Document Type: Article

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