Complex biological pattern of fertility hormones in children and adolescents: A study of healthy children from the CALIPER cohort and establishment of pediatric reference intervals

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1215-1227

  Konforte, Danijela ^a,b,c   Shea, Jennifer L ^a,b   Kyriakopoulou, Lianna ^a,b   Colantonio, David ^a,b   Cohen, Ashley H ^a   Shaw, Julie ^a,b   Bailey, Dana ^a,b   Chan, Man Khun ^a   Armbruster, David ^d   Adeli, Khosrow ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c LifeLabs   (Canada)

^d ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DELAYED PUBERTY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PUBERTY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADAL HORMONES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84880874196     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2013.204123     Document Type: Article

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