Predictive factors for organic central precocious puberty and utility of simplified gonadotropin-releasing hormone tests

Pediatrics International

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 806-810

  Choi, Jin Ho ^a   Shin, Young Lim ^b   Yoo, Han Wook ^b  

^a Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Central precocious puberty; GnRH stimulation test; Luteinizing hormone

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFANT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; ONSET AGE; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFANT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 36649013879     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2007.02475.x     Document Type: Article

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