Leptin in first trimester pregnancy serum: No reduction associated with small-for-gestational-age infants

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 832-837

  Hedley, Paula ^a,b   Pihl, Kasper ^a   Krebs, Lone ^c   Larsen, Torben ^c   Christiansen, Michael ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c HOLBÆK HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

First trimester marker; Leptin; Reduced fetal growth; Small for age fetus

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MATERNAL SERUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

EID: 68249108069     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60034-X     Document Type: Article

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