Evaluation of pelvic ultrasonography in the diagnosis and differentiation of various forms of sexual precocity in girls

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 819-827

  Badouraki, M ^a   Christoforidis, A ^b   Economou, I ^b   Dimitriadis, A S ^b   Katzos, G ^b  

^a 'Hippokration' Hospital

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ovaries; Precocious puberty; Pubarche; Thelarche; Ultrasound; Uterus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY; PELVIS; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; ULTRASOUND; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OVARY; PELVIS; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY; UTERUS;

EID: 57349157102     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.6148     Document Type: Article

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