Commentary: Variation in the timing of puberty: Clinical spectrum and genetic investigation

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2364-2368

  Palmert, Mark R ^a,b   Boepple, Paul A ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

CHILDHOOD; GENETIC REGULATION; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SEXUAL MATURATION; DELAYED PUBERTY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; SECRETION; TIME;

GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; PUBERTY; PUBERTY, DELAYED; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; TIME FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 85047684917     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.86.6.7603     Document Type: Review

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