Orderliness of cortisol, growth hormone, and leptin secretion in short-normal pre-pubertal boys and girls

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Ilias, Ioannis ^a,d   Ghizzoni, Lucia ^b   Mastorakos, George ^c  

^a HELENA VENIZELOU HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Children; Circadian rhythm; Entropy; Female; Growth hormone; Hydrocortisone; Leptin; Male

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LEPTIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LEPTIN; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 66649131355     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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