Maternal and Umbilical-Cord Serum Leptin Concentrations in Normal, Full-Term Pregnancies
- 18 September 1997
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 337 (12) , 863
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199709183371218
Abstract
Serum concentrations of leptin, a hormonal product of adipose tissue, correlate closely with body-mass index and adipose-tissue mass in adults1 and children,2 but these relations have not been studied in pregnant women and their neonates.Keywords
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