Mucosal cytology in the determination of the pubertal status in girls

Hormone Research

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 223-228

  Schmidt, Fabian ^a   Grulich Henn, Jürgen ^a   Heinrich, Udo E ^a   Bettendorf, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytology; Estrogens; Puberty

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN AGONIST; LEUPRORELIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHEEK MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESTROGEN RELEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ORAL BIOPSY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEXUAL MATURATION; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESTROGENS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOUTH MUCOSA; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; OVARIAN FUNCTION TESTS; PUBERTY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0036979258     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066264     Document Type: Article

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