Central precocious puberty: A single blood sample after gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist administration in monitoring treatment

Hormone Research

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 205-211

  Salerno, Mariacarolina ^a   Di Maio, Salvatore ^a   Gasparini, Nicoletta ^a   Mariano, Angela ^a   Macchia, Vincenzo ^a   Tenore, Alfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central precocious puberty; GnRH agonist, long acting; GnRH stimulation test; Triptorelin

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TRIPTORELIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GONAD FUNCTION; GONADORELIN TEST; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST;

EID: 0031773861     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000023275     Document Type: Article

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