Gender and sexual maturation-dependent contrasts in the neuroregulation of growth hormone secretion in prepubertal and late adolescent males and females - A general clinical research center-based study

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2385-2394

  Veldhuis, J D ^a,c   Roemmich, J N ^a   Rogol, A D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ENTROPY; FEMALE; GENDER; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROSECRETION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; CHILD; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0034456786     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.85.7.2385     Document Type: Article

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