Ghrelin levels are decreased in non-obese prepubertal children born large for gestational age

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 951-956

  Darendeliler, Feyza ^a   Poyrazoglu, Sukran ^a   Bas, Firdevs ^a   Sancakli, Ozlem ^a   Gokcay, Gulbin ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; OBESITY; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRENATAL GROWTH; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GHRELIN; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY;

EID: 66149127240     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-08-0924     Document Type: Article

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