Longitudinal reproductive hormone profiles in infants: Peak of inhibin B levels in infant boys exceeds levels in adult men

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 675-681

  Andersson, Anna Maria ^a,d   Toppari, Jorma ^c   Haavisto, Anne Maarit ^c   Petersen, Jørgen H ^b   Simell, Tuula ^c   Simell, Olli ^c   Skakkebæk, Niels E ^a  

^a Rigshopitalet ^*  (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEWBORN; POSTNATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INHIBINS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0031732474     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.2.675     Document Type: Article

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