Serum leptin levels in premature pubarche and prepubertal girls with and without obesity

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1393-1398

  de Jesus Teixeira, Rosimere ^a,b   Ginzbarg, Denise ^a   Rodrigues Freitas, Josele ^a   Fucks, Gabriela ^a   Silva, Cristiane M ^a   Bordallo, Maria Alice N ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO PEDRO ERNESTO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Androgens; Insulin; Leptin; Obesity; Premature pubarche

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 1; TESTOSTERONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PREPUBERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANDROGENS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEPTIN; LIPIDS; OBESITY; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 7244261813     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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