Disorders of Pubertal Development: Precocious Puberty

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 339-351

  Kakarla, Nirupama ^a   Bradshaw, Karen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin dependent; Gonadotropin independent; Precocious; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ALBRIGHT SYNDROME; DELAYED PUBERTY; FEMINIZATION; FERTILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PUBERTY DISORDERS; REVIEW; SEXUAL MATURITY; VIRILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; OVARY; PITUITARY GLAND; PUBERTY; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; TESTIS; VIRILISM;

EID: 0346962869     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-815590     Document Type: Review

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