The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 156, Issue 1 , Pages 98-102.e1, January 2010

Pubertal Metformin Therapy to Reduce Total, Visceral, and Hepatic Adiposity

  • Lourdes Ibáñez, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Endocrinology, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, and CIBER de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas, Barcelona, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Lourdes Ibáñez, MD, PhD, Endocrinology Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, Passeig de Sant Joan de Déu, 2, 08950 Esplugues, Barcelona, Spain.
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  • Abel Lopez-Bermejo, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Endocrinology, Dr. Trueta Hospital, Girona, Spain
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  • Marta Diaz, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Endocrinology, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, and CIBER de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Maria Victoria Marcos, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Endocrinology Unit, Hospital de Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain
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  • Francis de Zegher, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Woman & Child, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Received 1 March 2009; received in revised form 10 June 2009; accepted 6 July 2009. published online 23 September 2009.

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 L.I., M.D., and M.V.M. are Clinical Investigators of CIBERDEM (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain). A.L.B. is an Investigator of the Fund for Scientific Research I3 (Ministry of Education and Science, Spain). F.dZ. is a Clinical Investigator of the Fund for Scientific Research (Flanders, Belgium).

 The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0022-3476(09)00645-3

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.07.012

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 156, Issue 1 , Pages 98-102.e1, January 2010

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