Endocrine evaluation of reproductive function in girls during infancy, childhood and adolescence

Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology: Evidence-Based Clinical Practice

Volumn 22, Issue , 2012, Pages 24-39

  Juul, Anders ^a   Hagen, Casper P ^a   Aksglaede, Lise ^a   Sørensen, Kaspar ^a   Mouritsen, Annette ^a   Frederiksen, Hanne ^a   Main, Katharina M ^a   Mogensen, Signe Sloth ^a   Pedersen, Anette T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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EID: 84865703214     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1159/000326625     Document Type: Chapter

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