Endocrinology of male puberty

Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-9

  Lewis, Katherine ^a   Lee, Peter A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti M llerian hormone; Follicle stimulating hormone; Inhibin B; Luteinizing hormone

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; INHIBIN B; INSULIN; INSULIN LIKE FACTOR 3; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHILDHOOD; CUSHING DISEASE; GONAD; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INFANCY; NEWBORN PERIOD; OBESITY; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOGENESIS;

AGING; CHILD; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEPTIN; MALE; PUBERTY; TESTIS;

EID: 58849158398     PISSN: 1752296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MED.0b013e32832029be     Document Type: Review

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