Accelerated pubertal development in patients with shunted hydrocephalus

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 490-496

  Löppönen, Tuija ^a   Saukkonen, Anna Liisa ^a   Serlo, Willy ^a   Tapanainen, Päivi ^a   Ruokonen, Aimo ^a   Knip, Mikael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

gonadotrophins; hydrocephalus; puberty

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENARCHE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; TESTIS SIZE;

EID: 0029679928     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.74.6.490     Document Type: Article

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