A brief review of the effects of chronic hydrocephalus on the gonadotropin releasing hormone system: Implications for amenorrhea and precocious puberty

Neurological Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 123-126

  Abdolvahabi, Ramin M ^a   Mitchell, Jerald A ^a   Diaz, Fernando G ^a   McAllister II, James P ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amenorrhea; Gonadotrophin releasing hormone; Pathophysiology; Precocious puberty; Reproductive deficits

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

AMENORRHEA AND OLIGOMENORRHEA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PATHOGENESIS; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; REVIEW;

EID: 0033956420     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01616412.2000.11741047     Document Type: Review

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