Serum inhibin B in healthy pubertal and adolescent boys: Relation to age, stage of puberty, and follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, testosterone, and estradiol levels

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3976-3981

  Andersson, Anna Maria ^a   Juul, Anders ^a   Petersen, Jørgen H ^b   Müller, Jørn ^a   Groome, Nigel P ^c   Skakkebæk, Niels E ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030834572     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.12.3976     Document Type: Article

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