Early puberty: What is normal and when is treatment indicated?

Hormone Research

Volumn 60, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2003, Pages 31-34

  Ritzén, E Martin ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Precocious puberty; Pubarche; Puberty; Thelarche; Treatment

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT STATURE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS;

EID: 0347380129     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000074497     Document Type: Conference Paper

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