IGF-I, leptin and active ghrelin levels in very low birth weight infants during the first 8 weeks of life

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-41

  Ohkawa, N ^a   Shoji, H ^a   Kitamura, T ^a   Suganuma, H ^a   Yoshikawa, N ^a   Suzuki, M ^a   Lee, T ^a   Hisata, K ^a   Shimizu, T ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ghrelin; Insulin like growth factor 1; Leptin; Very low birth weight infants

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; LEPTIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; GHRELIN; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LEPTIN; MALE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 71949107668     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2009.01516.x     Document Type: Article

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