Basal serum luteinizing hormone value as the screening biomarker in female central precocious puberty
Purpose Precocious puberty refers to the development of secondary sex characteristics before ages 8 and 9 years in girls and boys, respectively. Central precocious puberty (CPP) is caused by premature activation of the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis and causes thelarche in girls before th...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Korean Society of Pediatric Endocrinology
2019-09-01
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| Series: | Annals of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism |
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| Online Access: | http://e-apem.org/upload/pdf/apem-2019-24-3-164.pdf |