Serum levels of leptin in Nigerian patients with sickle cell anaemia

BMC Blood Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Iwalokun, Bamidele A ^a   Iwalokun, Senapon O ^b   Hodonu, Semande O ^c   Aina, Ayoola O ^d   Agomo, Phillip U ^a  

^a NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Nigeria)

^b IRU PHC   (Nigeria)

^c LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^d GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

HbSS; Leptin; Nigerian Patients; Sickle Cell Anaemia

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

EID: 80955173605     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2326-11-2     Document Type: Article

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