Evidence for increased ovarian follicular activity in girls with premature thelarche

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 205-209

  Crofton, Patricia M ^a,b   Evans, Nancy E M ^b   Wardhaugh, Barbara ^b   Groome, Nigel P ^c   Kelnar, Christopher J H ^b  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B;

ARTICLE; BREAST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PREPUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INHIBINS; OVARY; PUBERTY; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 13444309657     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2004.02198.x     Document Type: Article

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