Adequacy of a single unstimulated luteinizing hormone level to diagnose central precocious puberty in girls

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Houk, Christopher P ^a   Kunselman, Allen R ^b   Lee, Peter A ^b,c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early onset puberty; Hormonal control; Precocious puberty; Pubertal disorders

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 66249121081     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-1180     Document Type: Article

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