A wider perspective on puberty

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 254-255, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-7

  Hughes, Ieuan A ^a   Kumanan, Mekalai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environment; GnRH; Pulse generator; Restraint; Secular; Tempo

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN;

ARTICLE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY;

BREAST; FEMALE; GENITALIA; HUMANS; MALE; MENARCHE; PUBERTY; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED;

EID: 33745908896     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2006.04.014     Document Type: Article

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