Etiology and clinical features of isosexual precocious puberty in Taiwanese girls: Twenty-three years' experience in National Taiwan University Hospital

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 947-953

  Lee, Cheng Ting ^a   Tung, Yi Ching ^a   Tsai, Wen Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Functional ovarian cyst; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Precocious puberty

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE AGE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY CYST; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TAIWAN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERUS;

EID: 71049176599     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2009.22.10.947     Document Type: Article

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