Serum melatonin in central precocious puberty is lower than in age-matched prepubertal children

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 793-796

  Waldhauser, F ^a   Boepple, P A ^b   Schemper, M ^a   Mansfield, M J ^c   Crowley, W F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; HISTRELIN; MELATONIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADORELIN; HUMAN; INFANT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MELATONIN; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026040261     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem-73-4-793     Document Type: Article

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