Control of puberty: Genetics, endocrinology, and environment

Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 62-68

  Choi, Jin Ho ^a,b   Yoo, Han Wook ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

endocrine disrupting chemical; gonadotropin releasing hormone; isolated gonadotropin releasing hormone deficiency; precocious puberty

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450 17; DYNORPHIN A; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 54; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; KISSPEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; MESSENGER RNA; METASTIN; NEUROKININ B; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FOREBRAIN; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBERTY; PUBERTY DISORDERS; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GONADAL HORMONES; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; KISSPEPTINS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PUBERTY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 84871920460     PISSN: 1752296X     EISSN: 17522978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MED.0b013e32835b7ec7     Document Type: Review

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