The utility of basal serum LH in prediction of central precocious puberty in girls

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 295-299

  Pasternak, Yehonatan ^a   Friger, Michael ^a   Loewenthal, Neta ^a   Haim, Alon ^a   Hershkovitz, Eli ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GONADORELIN TEST; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, ENDOCRINE; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84856096165     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-11-0720     Document Type: Article

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