GnRH agonist treatment in girls with precocious puberty does not compromise post-pubertal uterine size

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 895-900

  Ben Haroush, Avi ^a,d   Goldberg Stern, Hadassa ^b,d   Phillip, Moshe ^c,d   De Vries, Liat ^c,d  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Epilepsy Center   (Israel)

^c SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

GnRH agonist; Precocious puberty; Uterine size

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GONADORELIN; TRIPTORELIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; PATHOLOGY; PELVIS; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; UTERUS;

CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; PELVIS; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; TRIPTORELIN; UTERUS;

EID: 34247893968     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/del451     Document Type: Article

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