Pituitary-ovarian responses to leuprolide acetate testing in patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 601-606

  Ghizzoni, Lucia ^a   Virdis, Raffaele ^a   Vottero, Alessandra ^a   Cappa, Marco ^b   Street, Maria E ^a   Zampolli, Maria ^a   Ibañez, Lourdes ^c   Bernasconi, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUPRORELIN;

ADULT; ANDROGEN RELEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; OLIGOMENORRHEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

17-ALPHA-HYDROXYPREGNENOLONE; 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; ADULT; ANDROSTENEDIONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROXYPROGESTERONES; KINETICS; LEUPROLIDE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARY; PITUITARY GLAND; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0030020798     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.2.601     Document Type: Article

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