Premature adrenarche: Findings in prepubertal African-American and Caribbean-Hispanic girls

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics, Supplement

Volumn 88, Issue 433, 1999, Pages 67-72

  DiMartino Nardi, J ^a  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthosis nigricans; Diabetes mellitus; Dyslipidaemia; Hyperandrogenism; Hyperinsulinism; Polycystic ovary syndrome; Premature adrenarche

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADRENARCHE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; INCIDENCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; ADRENAL GLANDS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARIBBEAN REGION; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MICROVASCULAR ANGINA; OVARY; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS;

EID: 0033406606     PISSN: 08035326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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