The primary events triggering onset of puberty: Hypothalamic, peripheral and environmental signalling;Le primum movens du declenchement pubertaire: Signaux hypothalamiques, peripheriques et environnementaux

Journal de Gynecologie Obstetrique et Biologie de la Reproduction

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 295-297

  Bourguignon, J P ^a   Lebrethon, M C ^a  

^a CHU SART TILMAN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GONADORELIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; SEX HORMONE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVULATION; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PUBERTY; SEXUAL MATURATION; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; PUBERTY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0034126120     PISSN: 03682315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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