The acid-labile subunit of human ternary insulin-like growth factor-binding protein complex in girls with central precocious puberty before and during gonadotropin-releasing hormone analog therapy

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 4629-4633

  Cisternino, Mariangela ^a,g   Draghi, Marilena ^b   Lauriola, Silvana ^c   Scarcella, Daniele ^d   Bernasconi, Sergio ^e   Cavallo, Luciano ^f   De Luca, Filippo ^a   Lomeo, Angelo ^c   Tatò, Luciano ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^e Exacta Central Laboratories   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^g FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENANTONE DEPOT; GONADORELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LEUPRORELIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTEINASE; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 3; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LEUPROLIDE; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS;

EID: 0036775115     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2002-020308     Document Type: Article

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