In Boys with Abnormal Developmental Tempo, Maturation of the Skeleton and the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis Remains Synchronous

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 236-241

  Flor Cisneros, Armando ^a,d   Leschek, Ellen W ^a   Merke, Deborah P ^b   Barnes, Kevin M ^a   Coco, Marilena ^a   Cutler Jr , Gordon B ^c   Baron, Jeffrey ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^d MSC 1862 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE MATURATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FAMILIAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SHORT STATURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; AGING; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MUTATION; PITUITARY GLAND; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; RECEPTORS, LH; TESTIS;

EID: 0842312994     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2002-021954     Document Type: Article

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