Menstrual cycle pattern during the first gynaecological years in girls with precocious puberty following gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue treatment

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-74

  Arrigo, Teresa ^a,g   De Luca, Filippo ^a   Antoniazzi, Franco ^b   Galluzzi, Fiorella ^c   Iughetti, Lorenzo ^d   Pasquino, Anna Maria ^e   Salerno, Maria Carolina ^f   Marseglia, Lucia ^a   Crisafulli, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central precocious puberty; GnRHa; Menarche timing; Menstrual cycle

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; TRIPTORELIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE AGE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OLIGOMENORRHEA; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SCHOOL CHILD; SECONDARY AMENORRHEA; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT DURATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUTEOLYTIC AGENTS; MENSTRUATION; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; TRIPTORELIN;

EID: 33845466176     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-006-0207-z     Document Type: Article

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