Ontogeny of Pulsatile Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone Secretion from Midchildhood, through Puberty, to Adulthood in the Human Male: A Study Using Deconvolution Analysis and an Ultrasensitive Immunofluorometric Assay

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1798-1805

  Wu, F C W ^a,e   Butler, G E ^b   Kelnar, C J H ^b   Huhtaniemi, I ^c   Veldhuis, J D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; FLUOROMETRY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; SLEEP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PERIODICITY; PUBERTY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP;

EID: 0029925319     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.81.5.8626838     Document Type: Article

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