Leptin, adiponectin and other adipokines in gestational diabetes mellitus and pre-eclampsia

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 2-11

  Miehle, Konstanze ^a   Stepan, Holger ^a   Fasshauer, Mathias ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; ADIPONECTIN; INSULIN; LEPTIN; NICOTINAMIDE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; RESISTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASPIN;

BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADIPONECTIN; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 83455179523     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2011.04234.x     Document Type: Review

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