The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 152, Issue 3 , Pages 321-326 , March 2008

Leptin Levels among Prepubertal Children with Down Syndrome Compared with Their Siblings

  • Sheela N. Magge, MD, MSCE

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Sheela N. Magge, MD, MSCE, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes Rm 8416 Main Bldg, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th and Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
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  • Kristen L. O’Neill, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • Justine Shults, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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  • Virginia A. Stallings, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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  • Nicolas Stettler, MD, MSCE

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Received 13 November 2006 ,Revised 1 June 2007 ,Accepted 10 August 2007.

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 Supported by the National Institutes of Health (K23 RR16073 and K12 DK63682), the General Clinical Research Center, The Nutrition Center at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (RR-M0100240), the Penn-Cheyney Export Center (P60 MD000209-01), the National Down Syndrome Society, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Fellowship Training Grant (13-2002-454), and the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrinology Society Clinical Scholars Award.

PII: S0022-3476(07)00771-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.08.008

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 152, Issue 3 , Pages 321-326 , March 2008

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