Pubertal onset in apparently healthy Indian boys and impact of obesity

Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 434-438

  Surana, Vineet ^a   Dabas, Aashima ^a   Khadgawat, Rajesh ^a   Marwaha, Raman Kumar ^a   Sreenivas, V ^a   Ganie, M Ashraf ^a   Gupta, Nandita ^a   Mehan, Neena ^a,b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Rama Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Body mass index; gonadarche; luteinizing hormone; puberty; testosterone

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDIAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 85019063777     PISSN: 22308210     EISSN: 22309500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/ijem.IJEM_18_17     Document Type: Article

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