Gonadotropin excretion during puberty in malnourished children.
Publication/Presentation Date
8-1-1984
Abstract
p6nadotropins were measured by radioimmunoassay of urine samples from 285 privileged Nairobi adolescents and from 238 rural peripubertal Kenyan boys and girls who had had moderate malnutrition during childhood. Gonadotropins were reduced at all ages in the rural adolescents, but pubertal stage-matched comparisons showed no differences between children of the two study areas in middle or late phases of sexual maturity. These results document the pattern of gonadotropin changes in an environment of reduced caloric intake and confirm the presumed hypothalamic-pituitary origin of the delayed adolescence that occurs under such circumstances.
Volume
105
Issue
2
First Page
325
Last Page
328
ISSN
0022-3476
Published In/Presented At
Kulin, H. E., Bwibo, N., Mutie, D., & Santner, S. J. (1984). Gonadotropin excretion during puberty in malnourished children. The Journal of pediatrics, 105(2), 325–328. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-3476(84)80141-9
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Pediatrics
PubMedID
6431069
Department(s)
Department of Pediatrics
Document Type
Article