Luteinizing hormone, testosterone and inhibin B levels in the peripubertal period and racial/ethnic differences among boys aged 6-11 years: Analyses from NHANES III, 1988-1994

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 744-751

  Lee, Peter A ^a,b   Gollenberg, Audra L ^c   Hediger, Mary L ^c   Himes, John H ^d   Zhang, Zhiwei ^c   Louis, Germaine M Buck ^c  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INHIBIN B BLOOD LEVEL; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INHIBINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 78649280621     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2010.03866.x     Document Type: Article

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