Postnatal ovarian activation has effects in estrogen target tissues in infant girls

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4709-4716

  Kuiri Hänninen, Tanja ^a   Haanpää, Mikko ^b   Turpeinen, Ursula ^b   Hämäläinen, Esa ^b   Seur, Raija ^a   Tyrväinen, Erja ^a   Sankilampi, Ulla ^a   Dunkel, Leo ^c  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN;

ARTICLE; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMARY GLAND; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OVARY FUNCTION; POSTNATAL OVARIAN ACTIVATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UTERUS; UTERUS GROWTH; VULVA;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; PITUITARY GLAND; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; UP-REGULATION; UTERUS; VULVA;

EID: 84889777498     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2013-1677     Document Type: Article

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