Menstrual bleeding in a female infant with congenital adrenal hyperplasia: Altered maturation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3298-3302

  Uli, Naveen ^a   Chin, Daisy ^a   David, Raphael ^a   Geneiser, Nancy ^a   Roche, Kevin ^a   Marino, Flavia ^a   Shapiro, Ellen ^a   Prasad, Kris ^a   Oberfield, Sharon ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; GONADORELIN TEST; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; INFANT; MENSTRUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0030930572     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.82.10.4277     Document Type: Article

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