Precocious puberty: Clinical and endocrine profile and factors indicating neurogenic precocity in Indian children

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1173-1181

  Bajpai, Anurag ^a   Sharma, Jyoti ^a   Kabra, Madhulika ^a   Gupta, Arun Kumar ^a   Menon, P S N ^a  

^a Maulana Azad Med Coll and LN Hosp   (India)

Author keywords

21 Hydroxylase deficiency; Central isosexual precocious puberty; Congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PRASTERONE;

ADRENARCHE; ALBRIGHT SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE AGE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GONADORELIN TEST; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INDIAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; ONSET AGE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; RADIOTHERAPY; SEIZURE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0036397496     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2002.15.8.1173     Document Type: Article

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