Acute effects of testosterone infusion on the serum luteinizing hormone profile in eumenorrheic and polycystic ovary syndrome adolescents

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3602-3610

  Ropelato, María Gabriela ^a   Rudaz, María Cecilia García ^a   Escobar, María Eugenia ^a   Bengolea, Sonia Viviana ^b   Calcagno, María Luján ^c   Veldhuis, Johannes D ^d   Barontini, Marta ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL JUAN A FERNÁNDEZ   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

EID: 69949103166     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2009-0402     Document Type: Article

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