Study of leptin levels and gene polymorphisms in patients with central precocious puberty

Pediatric Research

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 361-367

  Su, Pen Hua ^a   Yang, Shun Fa ^a   Yu, Ju Shan ^a   Chen, Suh Jen ^a   Chen, Jia Yuh ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGE; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CENTRAL PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEPTIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ALLELES; ANTHROPOMETRY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; RISK;

EID: 84863265983     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pr.2011.69     Document Type: Article

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