Update on the etiology, diagnosis and therapeutic management of sexual precocity

Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia e Metabologia

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-31

  Brito, Vinicius Nahime ^a,b   Latronico, Ana Claudia ^a   Arnhold, Ivo J P ^a   Mendonça, Berenice Bilharinho ^a  

^a Lab Hormonios Genet Molec D   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

GnRH analogs; McCune albright syndrome; Precocious pu barche; Precocious puberty; Precocious thelarche; Testotoxicosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149114006     PISSN: 00042730     EISSN: 16779487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27302008000100005     Document Type: Review

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