Final adult height in "early normal pubertal girls" treated with gonadotropin releasing hormone agonists

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 86, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages

  Wacharasindhu, Suttipong ^a   Aroonparkmongkol, Suphab ^a   Hiranrat, Paravee ^a   Srivuthana, Sumarlee ^a   Supornsilchai, Vichit ^a   Yodvisitsak, Viraporn ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Early Normal Puberty; Final Adult Height; GnRH Agonist

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN AGONIST;

ARTICLE; BONE AGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEIGHT; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0042932788     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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