Pelvic sonography and uterine artery color Doppler analysis in the diagnosis of female precocious puberty

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 386-391

  Battaglia, C ^a   Regnani, G ^b   Mancini, F ^a   Iughetti, L ^b   Venturoli, S ^a   Flamigni, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Child; Doppler; GnRH; Puberty; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAIR GROWTH; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PELVIS; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS;

CHILD; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; OVARY; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; UTERUS;

EID: 0036271757     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.2002.00669.x     Document Type: Article

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