Pubertal and gender-related changes in the sympathoadrenal system in healthy children

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 5038-5043

  Weise, Martina ^a,b,c   Eisenhofer, Graeme ^a,b,c   Merke, Deborah P ^a,b,c,d  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANDROGEN; CATECHOLAMINE; ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; METADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL MEDULLA; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; EPINEPHRINE; ESTRADIOL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MALE; METANEPHRINE; PUBERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0036846216     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2002-020590     Document Type: Article

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