The Regulatory Effect of Hormones and Growth Factors on the Pubertal Growth Spurt

Endocrinologist

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 465-469

  Phillip, Moshe ^a,b   Lazar, Liora ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Growth factors; Growth hormone; Growth spurt; Sex steroid

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH HORMONE; HORMONE; LEPTIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE RELATED PROTEIN; PROTEIN; SEX HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BONE GROWTH; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIPHYSIS; GROWTH ACCELERATION; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; GROWTH PLATE; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH REGULATION; GROWTH STIMULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PUBERTY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STIMULATION;

EID: 0345283216     PISSN: 10512144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ten.0000098609.68863.ab     Document Type: Review

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