Circadian cortisol rhythms in healthy boys and girls: Relationship with age, growth, body composition, and pubertal development

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 536-540

  Knutsson, Urban ^a   Dahlgren, Jovanna ^b   Marcus, Claude ^a   Rosberg, Sten ^b   Brönnegård, Mikael ^a   Stierna, Pontus ^a   Albertsson Wikland, Kerstin ^b,c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PUBERTY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0031032928     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.2.536     Document Type: Article

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