Diagnostic work-up of 449 consecutive girls who were referred to be evaluated for precocious puberty

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1393-1401

  Mogensen, Signe Sloth ^a   Aksglaede, Lise ^a   Mouritsen, Annette ^a   Sørensen, Kaspar ^a   Main, Katharina M ^a   Gideon, Peter ^a   Juul, Anders ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADRENARCHE; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AGE; CAUCASIAN; CENTRAL PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GONADORELIN TEST; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC CENTRAL PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGANIC CENTRAL PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADRENARCHE; AGE OF ONSET; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAIN; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PUBERTY; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 79955673551     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2010-2745     Document Type: Article

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