Objective: Leptin is a hormone which regulates adipose tissue mass of the body. Substantial
increase of leptin during pregnancy and detection of leptin and leptin receptor in placenta …

Objective TO determine whether there is a difference in maternal leptin concentration and
cord blood concentration, consistent with the hypothesis of a noncommunicating, two …

Aims: To investigate the relationship between fetal weight and leptin levels in maternal
serum, amniotic fluid and umbilical cord. Methods: Forty pregnant women presenting for …

The aim of the study was to investigate cord blood leptin concentrations and their
relationship to birth weight and gender in term pregnancies complicated by pre-eclampsia …

Objective: To determine the serum leptin levels in Pakistani pregnant subjects at the time of
delivery and to ascertain the relationship between serum leptin levels and related variables …

Objective To evaluate the leptin level in healthy pregnant mothers at term and in their
newborns and its relationship to their body mass index (BMI) and gender of the newborn …

Introduction Studies have demonstrated leptin involvement in the physiology and
pathophysiology of pregnancy and suggest that leptin may be a prognostic marker for some …

Objective: To evaluate leptin values in placental cord blood of newborns with normal
intrauterine growth after 30–42 weeks of gestation. Design: Leptin, a protein encoded by the …

Objective: To study the correlation of leptin between maternal serum and cord blood and to
know relationship between leptin and fetal growth, and the origin of leptin. Methods: The …

Objective To test the hypothesis that the circulating levels of leptin in the maternal and cord
serum correlate with the birthweight of the newborns and with the weight of the placenta …