A potential mechanism for the sexual dimorphism in the onset of puberty and incidence of idiopathic central precocious puberty in children: Sex-specific kisspeptin as an integrator of puberty signals

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 3, Issue DEC, 2012, Pages

  Bianco, Suzy D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central precocious puberty; Kisspeptin receptor signaling; LH surge; Reproduction; Sexual differentiation of the brain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874411643     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2012.00149     Document Type: Review

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