Normal minipuberty of infancy in boys with Prader-Willi syndrome

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 874-876

  Fillion, Marc ^a   Deal, Cheri L ^a   Van Vliet, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTORCHISM; DISOMY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; PENIS; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

CRYPTORCHIDISM; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; PUBERTY;

EID: 33751440548     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.08.077     Document Type: Article

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