Pelvic ultrasonography in the evaluation of central precocious puberty: Comparison with leuprolide stimulation test

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 490-495

  Sathasivam, Anpalakan ^a   Rosenberg, Henrietta Kotlus ^a   Shapiro, Sofia ^a   Wang, Hong ^b   Rapaport, Robert ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDSTAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

BA; Bone age; CA; Chronological age; Follicular stimulating hormone; FSH; GnRH; GnRH analog; GnRHa; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; HPGA; Hypothalamic pituitary gonadal axis; LH; Luteinizing hormone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LEUPRORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUPROLIDE STIMULATION TEST; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OVARY; PELVIC ULTRASONOGRAPHY; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PREPUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; UTERUS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUPROLIDE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERUS;

EID: 80051798125     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.02.032     Document Type: Article

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