Final height, gonadal function and bone mineral density of adolescent males with central precocious puberty after therapy with gonadotropin- releasing hormone analogues

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 369-374

  Bertelloni, Silvano ^a,b   Baroncelli, Giampiero I ^b   Ferdeghini, Marco ^c   Menchini Fabris, Fabrizio ^d   Saggese, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b II Pediatric Division   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Central precocious puberty; Final height; Gonadotropin releasing hormone analogues; Testicular function

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034012468     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004310051289     Document Type: Article

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