Secondary sexual characteristics and menses in young girls seen in office practice: A study from the pediatric research in office settings network

Pediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 505-512

  Herman Giddens, Marcia E ^a,e   Slora, Eric J ^b   Wasserman, Richard C ^b,c   Bourdony, Carlos J ^d   Bhapkar, Manju V ^a   Koch, Gary G ^a   Hasemeier, Cynthia M ^b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

adrenarche; growth and development; menses; menstruation; precocious puberty; puberty; secondary sexual characteristics; thelarche

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADRENARCHE; ARTICLE; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION; ONSET AGE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0031004856     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.99.4.505     Document Type: Article

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