Monthly urinary gonadotropin and ovarian hormone excretory patterns in normal girls and female patients with idiopathic precocious puberty

Pediatric Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 853-860

  Maesaka, Hatae ^a   Tachibana, Katsuhiko ^a   Adachi, Masanori ^a   Okada, Toshihisa ^a  

^a KANAGAWA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PREGNANEDIOL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MENARCHE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0029803707     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199612000-00013     Document Type: Article

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