Bioactivity of luteinizing hormone during normal puberty in girls and boys

Hormone Research

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 230-237

  Schroor, Eelco J ^a   Van Weissenbruch, Mirjam M ^a   Engelbregt, Mia ^a   Martens, Frans ^a   Meurs, Jacoline M ^a   Wennink, Johanna M B ^a   Delemarre Van De Waal, Henriette A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biological assay; Immunoradiometric assay; Luteinizing hormone; Mouse Leydig cell assay; Pubertal development

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEYDIG CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; LEYDIG CELLS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MICE; PUBERTY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0032749386     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000023376     Document Type: Article

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