Open AccessInfluence of Nutritional Recovery on the Leptin Axis in Severely Malnourished Children
Author(s) -
Katja Stein,
Edgar M. VásquezGaribay,
Jüergen Kratzsch,
Enrique RomeroVelarde,
Gerhard Jahreis
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2005-1394
Subject(s) - leptin , medicine , endocrinology , leptin receptor , malnutrition , anthropometry , hormone , obesity
Leptin might be more important as a starvation hormone than as a satiety signal. The role of the soluble leptin receptor (sOB-R) and its regulation in children with protein energy malnutrition (PEM) is poorly understood.
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