Diurnal rhythm of testosterone secretion before and throughout puberty in healthy girls: Correlation with 17β-estradiol and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 975-984

  Ankarberg, Carina ^a   Norjavaara, Ensio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENARCHE; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OVARY FUNCTION; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

EID: 0033030901     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.84.3.5524     Document Type: Article

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