Absence of functional lin28b mutations in a large cohort of patients with idiopathic central precocious puberty

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 144-150

  Silveira Neto, Accio P ^a   Leal, Leticia Ferro ^a   Emerman, Amy B ^d   Henderson, Katherine D ^b   Piskounova, Elena ^d   Henderson, Brian E ^c   Gregory, Richard I ^d   Silveira, Letcia F Gontijo ^a   Hirschhorn, Joel N ^d,e,f   Nguyen, Thutrang T ^e,f   Beneduzzi, Daiane ^a   Tusset, Cintia ^a   Reis, Ana Claudia S ^a   Brito, Vinicius N ^a   Mendonca, Berenice B ^a   Palmert, Mark R ^g   Antonini, Sonir R ^a   Latronico, Ana Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Cambridge Center   (United States)

^g HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central precocious puberty; Early menarche; Late menarche; Let 7 microRNA; LIN28B gene

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027935718     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000342212     Document Type: Article

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