Dissociation of Adrenarche and Gonadarche in Precocious Puberty and in Isolated Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1987, Pages 1174-1178

  Counts, Debra Risin ^a   Pescovitz, Ora Hirsch ^a   Barnes, Kevin M ^a   Hench, Karen D ^a   Chrousos, George P ^a   Sherins, Richard J ^a   Comite, Florence ^a   Loriaux, D Lynn ^a   Cutler, Gordon B ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE;

ADRENARCHE; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GONADARCHE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADULT; ANDROGENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GONADS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFANT; MALE; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS;

EID: 0023192105     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem-64-6-1174     Document Type: Article

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