Association between plasma kisspeptin levels and adolescent gynecomastia | Zendy

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Association between plasma kisspeptin levels and adolescent gynecomastia

Author(s) -

Mustafa Arif Aluçlu,

Selçuk Şen,

Muazez Çevik

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

african journal of paediatric surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.163

H-Index - 17

eISSN - 0189-6725

pISSN - 0974-5998

DOI - 10.4103/0189-6725.187812

Subject(s) - kisspeptin , gynecomastia , medicine , endocrinology , luteinizing hormone , testosterone (patch) , hormone , estrogen , body mass index , anthropometry , follicle stimulating hormone , hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axis

Gynecomastia is defined as benign proliferation of male breast glandular tissue. To date, the pathophysiology of adolescent gynecomastia (AG) remains unclear. Kisspeptin is a polypeptide that plays an important role in the regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal hormonal axis. In this study, we investigated whether there is a relationship between kisspeptin and AG.

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