The relation of serum ghrelin, leptin and insulin levels to the growth patterns and feeding characteristics in breast-fed versus formula-fed infants

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-41

  Yiş, Uluç ^a   Öztürk, Yeşim ^a   Şişman, Ali Riza ^a   Uysal, Sezer ^a   Soylu, Özlem Bekem ^a   Büyükgebiz, Benal ^b  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Breast milk; Formula; Ghrelin; Infant; Leptin

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH RATE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN INTAKE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WEIGHT GAIN;

BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GHRELIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MALE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 77950406096     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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