Hormonal changes in childhood and puberty

Puberty: Physiology and Abnormalities

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 23-37

  Rey, Rodolfo A ^a   Campo, Stella M ^a   Ropelato, María Gabriela ^a   Bergadá, Ignacio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Adrenal; AMH; Androgens; Estrogens; Gonadotropins; Growth; Inhibin; INSL3; Insulin

Indexed keywords

EID: 85052400259     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-32122-6_3     Document Type: Chapter

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