Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental
Volume 55, Issue 3 , Pages 339-344 , March 2006

Maternal body size and birth weight: can insulin or adipokines do better?

  • Johan Verhaeghe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +32 16344212; fax: +32 16344205.
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  • Rita van Bree

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
    • ,
  • Erik Van Herck

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorium voor Experimentele Geneeskunde en Endocrinologie, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium

Received 16 March 2005 ,Accepted 9 September 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2005.09.007

Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental
Volume 55, Issue 3 , Pages 339-344 , March 2006

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