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ey0019.4-6 | Important for clinical practice | ESPEYB19

4.6. Serum testosterone and oestradiol predict the growth response during puberty promoting treatment

H Huttunen , T Varimo , H Huopio , R Voutilainen , S Tenhola , PJ Miettinen , T Raivio , M Hero

Clinical Endocrinology. 2022; 96:220–226. PMID: 34596269Brief Summary: This randomized controlled trial evaluated the effects of testosterone and aromatase inhibitor treatment on anthropometric measures, and their correlation with estradiol and testosterone serum levels in boys with constitutional delay of growth and puberty (CDGP), to elucidate the respective roles of the two sex steroid hormones on growth during puberty. The results sugge...

ey0017.7-1 | Clinical Guidance | ESPEYB17

7.1. Anti-Mullerian hormone and letrozole levels in boys with constitutional delay of growth and puberty treated with letrozole or testosterone

E Kohva , T Varimo , H Huopio , S Tenhola , R Voutilainen , J Toppari , PJ Miettinen , K Vaaralahti , J Viinamaki , JT Backman , M Hero , T Raivio

To read the full abstract: Human Reproduction (Oxford, England) vol. 35, 2 (2020): 257–264. doi: https://academic.oup.com/humrep/article/35/2/257/5709207. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31958337/This randomized controlled trial compares treatment with peroral letrozole or intramuscular low-dose testosterone in ...

ey0016.7-15 | Treatment | ESPEYB16

7.15. Letrozole versus testosterone for promotion of endogenous puberty in boys with constitutional delay of growth and puberty: a randomised controlled phase 3 trial

T Varimo , H Huopio , L Kariola , S Tenhola , R Voutilainen , J Toppari , S Toiviainen-Salo , E Hamalainen , MA Pulkkinen , M Laaperi , A Tarkkanen , K Vaaralahti , PJ Miettinen , M Hero , T Raivio

To read the full abstract: Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2019 Feb;3(2):109–120This randomised, controlled, open-label trial at four paediatric centres in Finland evaluates aromatase inhibition with letrozole to induce puberty in boys with constitutional delay of growth and puberty.Treatment of delayed puberty aims to promote pubertal development ...