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Preterm birth has been associated with altered body composition, especially increased fat mass (FM) and decreased bone mineralization, and leptin and IGF‐1 have been suggested to be involved in the… Click to show full abstract
Preterm birth has been associated with altered body composition, especially increased fat mass (FM) and decreased bone mineralization, and leptin and IGF‐1 have been suggested to be involved in the regulation of both. We aimed to study the interplay between leptin, IGF‐1, FM and bone mineralization measured in infancy and childhood of children born preterm.
Keywords:
leptin igf;
body composition;
bone mineralization
Journal Title: Clinical Endocrinology
Year Published: 2018
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Journal Title: Clinical Endocrinology
Year Published: 2018
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