Twenty-four-hour profiles of luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone, testosterone, and estradiol levels: A semilongitudinal study throughout puberty in healthy boys

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 541-549

  Albertsson Wikland, Kerstin ^a,d   Rosberg, Sten ^a   Lannering, Birgitta ^a   Dunkel, Leo ^c   Selstam, Gunnar ^b   Norjavaara, Ensio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ESTRADIOL; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PUBERTY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0031027954     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.2.541     Document Type: Article

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