Evaluation of serum kisspeptin levels in girls in the diagnosis of central precocious puberty and in the assessment of pubertal suppression

DEMİRBİLEK, HÜSEYİN; GÖNÇ, ELMAS; Ozon, Alev; ALİKAŞİFOĞLU, AYFER; KANDEMİR, NURGÜN

doi:10.1515/jpem-2011-0445

Evaluation of serum kisspeptin levels in girls in the diagnosis of central precocious puberty and in the assessment of pubertal suppression

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DEMİRBİLEK H., GÖNÇ E. N., Ozon A., ALİKAŞİFOĞLU A., KANDEMİR N.

JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM, vol.25, pp.313-316, 2012 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 25
Publication Date: 2012
Doi Number: 10.1515/jpem-2011-0445
Journal Name: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.313-316
Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Onset of puberty is dependent on pulsatile secretion of gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH). The kisspeptin-GPR54 signaling system has a considerable role in GnRH physiology and induction of puberty.