Roles of leptin in reproduction, pregnancy and polycystic ovary syndrome: Consensus knowledge and recent developments

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 79-91

  Vázquez, María Jesús ^a   Romero Ruiz, Antonio ^a   Tena Sempere, Manuel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Leptin; PCOS; Pregnancy; Puberty; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; PLACENTAL PEPTIDE HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; METABOLIC REGULATION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; NEUROSECRETION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84924527227     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: 15328600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2014.10.013     Document Type: Review

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