Comparison of pulsatile luteinizing hormone secretion between prepubertal children and young adults: Evidence for a mass/amplitude- dependent difference without gender or day/night contrast

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2950-2955

  Clark, Pamela A ^a,d   Iranmanesh, Ali ^c   Veldhuis, Johannes D ^b   Rogol, Alan D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c Division of Nephrology   (United States)

^d University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PUBERTY; PULSATILE FLOW; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0030884637     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.9.2950     Document Type: Article

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