Open AccessChanges in body composition and leptin levels during growth hormone (GH) treatment in short children with various GH secretory capacities
Author(s) -
Hisafumi Matsuoka,
Hans Fors,
Ingvar Bosæus,
S Rosberg,
Kerstin AlbertssonWikland,
Ragnar Bjarnason
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
european journal of endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.897
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1479-683X
pISSN - 0804-4643
DOI - 10.1530/eje.0.1400035
Subject(s) - leptin , medicine , endocrinology , obesity , growth hormone , hormone
The aim of this study was to follow changes in body composition, estimated by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), in relation to changes in leptin during the first year of GH therapy in order to test the hypothesis that leptin is a metabolic signal involved in the regulation of GH secretion in children.
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