Circulating ghrelin levels in girls with central precocious puberty are reduced during treatment with LHRH analog

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-103

  Maffeis, Claudio ^a   Franceschi, Roberto ^a   Moghetti, Paolo ^a   Camilot, Marta ^a   Lauriola, Silvana ^a   Tatò, Luciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GHRELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TRIPTORELIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GONADORELIN; PEPTIDE HORMONE; SEX HORMONE;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH RATE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHOOL CHILD; BLOOD; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH; PHYSIOLOGY;

BODY HEIGHT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GROWTH; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS;

EID: 33847716339     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.1.02320     Document Type: Article

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