Nocturnal integrated gonadotropin concentrations in evaluating pubertal transition in girls

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 417-423

  Zung, Amnon ^a,b   Raisin, Anna ^a,b   Zadik, Zvi ^a,b   Chen, Malka ^a,b  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gonadotropins; Integrated levels; Puberty

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; DELAYED PUBERTY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PREPUBERTY; PUBERTY; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; SHORT STATURE; TALL STATURE; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0034079304     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2000.13.4.417     Document Type: Article

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