Sexual dimorphism in the maturation of the pituitary-gonadal axis, assessed by GnRH agonist challenge

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-34

  Potau, Neus ^a   Ibáñez, Lourdes ^b   Sentis, Margarita ^a   Carrascosa, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

17 HYDROXYPREGNENOLONE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; LEUPRORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 1; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GONADORELIN TEST; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANDROGENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 1; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LEUPROLIDE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; OVARY; PITUITARY GLAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBERTY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTIS;

EID: 0344500761     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1410027     Document Type: Article

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