The duration of puberty in girls is related to the timing of its onset

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 618-621

  Marti Henneberg, C ^a   Vizmanos, B ^a  

^a Facultat de Medicina   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0031439378     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(97)70073-8     Document Type: Article

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