The role of luteinizing hormone-β gene polymorphism in the onset and progression of puberty in healthy boys

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3278-3282

  Raivio, Taneli ^a   Huhtaniemi, Ilpo ^b   Anttila, Raija ^a   Siimes, Martti A ^a   Hagenäs, Lars ^c   Nilsson, Christel ^b   Pettersson, Kim ^b   Dunkel, Leo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS SIZE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; FINLAND; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 3; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PUBERTY; PUBERTY, DELAYED; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0029843892     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.9.3278     Document Type: Article

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