Serum leptin levels in childhood celiac disease


Ertekin V., Orbak Z., Selimoglu M. A., Yildiz L.

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY, cilt.40, sa.10, ss.906-909, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Özet

Objective: Leptin has effects on growth and is also involved in immune regulation. We thought that with its intestinal histopathologic alterations due to immune mechanisms, and subsequent malnutrition and/or growth failure, celiac disease (CD) deserves interest regarding leptin status.