Changing etiological trends in male precocious puberty: Evaluation of 100 cases with central precocious puberty over the last decade

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 340-344

  Alikasifoglu, Ayfer ^a   Vuralli, Dogus ^a   Gonc, E Nazli ^a   Ozon, Alev ^a   Kandemir, Nurgun ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Central precocious puberty; Etiological factors; Males

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN; TESTOSTERONE; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AGE; CHILD; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREND STUDY; BLOOD; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFANT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84930575727     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000377678     Document Type: Article

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