Modifications of growth hormone secretion during female puberty

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 816, Issue , 1997, Pages 60-75

  Toublanc, J E ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; SEX HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GROWTH ACCELERATION; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; GROWTH RATE; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030786614     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb52130.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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