Are pubertal changes in girls before age 8 benign?

Pediatrics

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-51

  Midyett, L Kurt ^a   Moore, Wayne V ^a   Jacobson, Jill D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Body mass index; Hyperinsulinism; Polycystic ovary syndrome; Precocious puberty; Premature adrenarche; Premature thelarche

Indexed keywords

ADRENARCHE; ALBRIGHT SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINISM; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; OUTPATIENT; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037228352     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.111.1.47     Document Type: Article

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