Prepubertal gynecomastia in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome: Incomplete penetrance in a familial case and management with an aromatase inhibitor

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 221-227

  Lefevre, Hervé ^b   Bouvattier, Claire ^b   Lahlou, Najiba ^a   Adamsbaum, Catherine ^a   Bougnères, Pierre ^b   Carel, Jean Claude ^b  

^a Institut Cochin   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; CELL MARKER; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BONE AGE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GYNECOMASTIA; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MASTECTOMY; PENETRANCE; PEUTZ JEGHERS SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SERTOLI CELL TUMOR; TESTIS SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

AROMATASE INHIBITORS; CHILD; DNA; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; GYNECOMASTIA; HUMANS; INHIBINS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NITRILES; PEDIGREE; PENETRANCE; PEUTZ-JEGHERS SYNDROME; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERTOLI CELL TUMOR; TESTICULAR HORMONES; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 33644592788     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.1.02085     Document Type: Article

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