Update on pubertal development

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 457-462

  Rieder, Jessica ^a   Coupey, Susan M ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Division of Adolescent Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; GOSERELIN; LEPTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENARCHE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ONSET AGE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0032805717     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-199910000-00007     Document Type: Review

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