Ghrelin levels and postnatal growth in healthy infants 0-3 months of age

JCRPE Journal of Clinical Research in Pediatric Endocrinology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-38

  Fidanci, Kürşad ^a   Meral, Cihan ^a   Süleymanoǧlu, Selami ^a   Pirgon, Özgür ^a   Karademir, Ferhan ^a   Aydinöz, Seçil ^a   Özkaya, Halit ^a   Gültepe, Mustafa ^a   Göçmen, Ismail ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ghrelin; Growth; Large for gestational age; Small for gestational age; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CATCH UP GROWTH; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTNATAL GROWTH; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GHRELIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE;

EID: 77953440634     PISSN: 13085727     EISSN: 13085735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4274/jcrpe.v2i1.34     Document Type: Article

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