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Leo Dunkel
Researcher at Queen Mary University of London
Publications - 229
Citations - 13198
Leo Dunkel is an academic researcher from Queen Mary University of London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Delayed puberty & Apoptosis. The author has an hindex of 60, co-authored 222 publications receiving 11880 citations. Previous affiliations of Leo Dunkel include Karolinska Institutet & Newcastle University.
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Heritability of Adult Body Height: A Comparative Study of Twin Cohorts in Eight Countries
Karri Silventoinen,Sampo Sammalisto,Markus Perola,Dorret I. Boomsma,Belinda K. Cornes,Chayna J. Davis,Leo Dunkel,Marlies de Lange,Jennifer R. Harris,Jacob v. B. Hjelmborg,Michelle Luciano,Nicholas G. Martin,Jakob Mortensen,Lorenza Nisticò,Nancy L. Pedersen,Axel Skytthe,Tim D. Spector,Maria Antonietta Stazi,Gonneke Willemsen,Jaakko Kaprio +19 more
TL;DR: The results indicate that, in general, there are only minor differences in the genetic architecture of height between affluent Caucasian populations, especially among men.
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Expert consensus document: European Consensus Statement on congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism—pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment
Ulrich Boehm,Pierre Bouloux,Mehul T. Dattani,Nicolas de Roux,Catherine Dodé,Leo Dunkel,Andrew A. Dwyer,Paolo Giacobini,J.-P. Hardelin,Anders Juul,Mohamad Maghnie,Nelly Pitteloud,Vincent Prevot,Taneli Raivio,Manuel Tena-Sempere,Richard Quinton,Jacques Young +16 more
TL;DR: A timely diagnosis and treatment to induce puberty can be beneficial for sexual, bone and metabolic health, and might help minimize some the psychological effects of CHH.
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Examination of US Puberty-Timing Data from 1940 to 1994 for Secular Trends: Panel Findings
Susan Y. Euling,Marcia E. Herman-Giddens,Peter A. Lee,Sherry G. Selevan,Anders Juul,Thorkild I. A. Sørensen,Leo Dunkel,John H. Himes,Grete Teilmann,Shanna H. Swan +9 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that altered puberty timing should be considered an adverse effect, although the magnitude of change considered adverse was not assessed and additional analyses of existing puberty-timing data are recommended to examine secular trends and trends in the temporal sequence of pubertal events.
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New Finnish growth references for children and adolescents aged 0 to 20 years: Length/height-for-age, weight-for-length/height, and body mass index-for-age
TL;DR: New Finnish references for length/height-for-age, weight-for the length/length/height, and BMI- for-age were constructed and should be implemented to monitor growth of children in Finland.
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Estradiol acts as a germ cell survival factor in the human testis in vitro.
TL;DR: The novel findings of the present study together with the previously reported indirect effects of estrogens on male germ cells indicate the importance of estrogen for the normal function of the testis.