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Society for Endocrinology BES 2018

Glasgow, UK
19 Nov 2018 - 21 Nov 2018

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Society for Endocrinology International Medal Lecture

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Puberty: what are the neuroendocrine triggers for the biological end of childhood?

Kaiser Ursula

The hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis controls puberty and reproduction and is tightly regulated by a complex network of excitatory and inhibitory neuroendocrine factors. Delayed or absent activation of the HPG axis results in delayed puberty or hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, whereas early activation results in central precocious puberty (CPP). In recent years, many genes have been identified in this complex network from genetic studies of human subjects with pubertal ...
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