Luteinizing hormone secreting adrenal tumour as a cause of precocious puberty

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 367-372

  Romer, Tomasz E ^a   Sachnowska, Katrzyna ^a   Savage, Martin O ^b   Wozniewicz, Bogdan ^a   Lowe, David G ^b   Kula, Krzysztof K ^c   Janas, Roman ^a   Malendowicz, Ludwik ^d   Besser, G Michael ^b  

^a Child Health Centre   (Poland)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^d POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE; TRIPTORELIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CHILD; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONES, ALPHA SUBUNIT; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0031931599     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1998.00294.x     Document Type: Article

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