Early onset of primary hypogonadism revealed by serum anti-Müllerian hormone determination during infancy and childhood in trisomy 21

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 34, Issue 5 PART 2, 2011, Pages

  Grinspon, R P ^a   Bedecarras P ^a   Ballerini, M G ^a   Iniguez G ^b   Rocha, A ^b   Mantovani Rodrigues Resende, E A ^c   Brito, V N ^d   Milani, C ^e   Figueroa Gacitua V ^f   Chiesa, A ^a   Keselman, A ^a   Gottlieb, S ^a   Borges, M F ^c   Ropelato, M G ^a   Picard, J Y ^g,h   Codner, E ^b   Rey, R A ^a,i  

^a HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL SAN BORJA ARRIARÁN   (Chile)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e Laboratorio Milani   (Argentina)

^f HOSPITAL GENERAL DE NIÑOS PEDRO DE ELIZALDE   (Argentina)

^g INSERM   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Anti M llerian hormone; Childhood; Development; Infancy; M llerian inhibiting substance; Puberty; Testis

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPHYSIS TESTIS SYSTEM; INFANCY; INFANT; LEYDIG CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SERTOLI CELL; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRISOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEYDIG CELLS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 81155161803     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2011.01210.x     Document Type: Article

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