Inhibin A, inhibin B, follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, estradiol, and sex hormone-binding globulin levels in 473 healthy infant girls

M Chellakooty, I M Schmidt, A M Haavisto, K A Boisen, I N Damgaard, C Mau, J H Petersen, A Juul, N E Skakkebaek, K M Main

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Abstract

The early postnatal regulation of reproductive hormones seems to be more complex in girls than in boys. The aim of this study was to describe inhibins A and B, FSH, LH, estradiol, and SHBG in a large prospective cohort of 473 unselected, healthy, 3-month-old girls. In full term, appropriate-for- gestational-age girls (n = 355) hormones showed a marked interindividual variation, with concentrations up to pubertal values [medians (95% confidence intervals): inhibin B, 82 pg/ml (
Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
Volume88
Issue number8
Pages (from-to)3515-20
Number of pages6
ISSN0021-972X
Publication statusPublished - 2003

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