Pelvic ultrasound and color Doppler findings in different isosexual precocities

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 277-283

  Battaglia, C ^a   Mancini, F ^a   Regnani, G ^b   Persico, N ^a   Iughetti, L ^b   De Aloysio, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Doppler; Pubarche; Puberty; Thelarche; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GONADORELIN;

ARTICLE; BONE MATURATION; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HAIR GROWTH; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS;

CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PATIENT SELECTION; PELVIS; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; UTERUS;

EID: 0041374294     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.154     Document Type: Article

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