Role of Gonadotropin-Releasing hormone and human chorionic gonadotropin stimulation tests in differentiating patients with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism from those with constitutional delay of growth and puberty

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 780-785

  Segal, Terry Y ^a   Mehta, Ameeta ^b   Anazodo, Antoinette ^a   Hindmarsh, Peter C ^a,b   Dattani, Mehul T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTITUTIONAL DELAY OF GROWTH AND PUBERTY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED PUBERTY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 62349105629     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2008-0302     Document Type: Article

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