Transient anomalies in genital appearance in some extremely preterm female infants may be the result of foetal programming causing a surge in LH and the over activation of the pituitary-gonadal axis

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 763-768

  Greaves, Ronda ^a   Hunt, Rodney W ^a   Zacharin, Margaret ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLITORIS; CLITORIS HYPERTROPHY; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENITAL MALFORMATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; INFANT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; STEROID URINE LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GONADS; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PILOT PROJECTS; PITUITARY GLAND; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 54049101737     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2008.03298.x     Document Type: Article

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