Spontaneous and GnRH-provoked gonadotropin secretion and testosterone response to human chorionic gonadotropin in adolescent boys with thalassaemia major and delayed puberty

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 79-85

  Soliman, Ashraf T ^c   ElZalabany, Mahmoud M ^d   Ragab, Mahmoud ^d   Fattah, Mohammed Abdel ^d   Hassab, Hoda ^d   Rogol, Alan D ^a   Ansari, B M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b ROYAL GLAMORGAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MINERALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELAYED PUBERTY; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 0034107780     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/46.2.79     Document Type: Article

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