Mutations in the synthesis and action of estrogen: The critical role in the male of estrogen on pubertal growth, skeletal maturation, and bone mass

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1038, Issue , 2004, Pages 7-13

  Grumbach, Melvin M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral; CYP19 mutations; Estrogen; Pubertal growth; Puberty; Skeletal maturation

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA;

BODY HEIGHT; BONE MASS; BONE MATURATION; CHONDROGENESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HUMAN; MALE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PUBERTY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 17744392670     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1315.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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