Association of ghrelin and leptin with reproductive hormones in constitutional delay of growth and puberty

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  El Eshmawy, Mervat M ^a   Abdel Aal, Ibrahim A ^b   El hawary, Amany K ^b  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GHRELIN; GONADORELIN; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GONADORELIN RELEASE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; DELAYED PUBERTY; EVALUATION; GROWTH DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GHRELIN; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PUBERTY; PUBERTY, DELAYED; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 78650336755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-8-153     Document Type: Article

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