Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 255-260 , December 2009

Association of Cord Plasma Leptin With Birth Size in Term Newborns

  • Wing-Kuen Tung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Chi Mei Foundation Hospital, Tainan County, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shio-Jean Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital and College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yea-Shwu Hwang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Occupational Therapy, National Cheng Kung University Hospital and College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ching-Ming Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, National Cheng Kung University Hospital and College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yun-Han Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Science and Technology, Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology, Tainan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wen-Hui Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Chi Mei Foundation Hospital, Tainan County, Taiwan
    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital and College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pediatrics, Chi-Mei Foundation Hospital, 901 Chung-Hwa Road, Yung Kang, Tainan County, Taiwan

Received 25 November 2008 ,Revised 23 December 2008 ,Accepted 12 February 2009.

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PII: S1875-9572(09)60073-5

doi: 10.1016/S1875-9572(09)60073-5

Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 255-260 , December 2009

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