Antagonistic and agonistic GnRH analogue treatment of precocious puberty: Tracking gonadotropin concentrations in urine: Results of a preliminary study

Hormone Research

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 257-262

  Roth, C L ^a   Brendel, L ^b   Ruckert C ^b   Hartmann, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Praxis für Pädiatrische Endokrinologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agonist; Antagonist; Gonadotropin flare up; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Precocious puberty; Urine gonadotropins

Indexed keywords

CETRORELIX; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LEUPRORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TRIPTORELIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; MICTURITION; MONITORING; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT STATURE; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRIPTORELIN;

EID: 22544472150     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086685     Document Type: Article

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