Body composition, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate and leptin concentrations in girls approaching menarche

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 975-983

  Błogowska, Anna ^a   Rzepka Górska, Izabella ^a   Krzyzanowska Świniarska, Barbara ^a  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate; Estrogenization stages; Girls; Leptin; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; LEPTIN; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH STIMULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFRARED RADIATION; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LUMINANCE; MENARCHE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPUBERTY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SCHOOL CHILD; UROGENITAL TRACT RADIOGRAPHY; VAGINA SECRETION;

EID: 28644435144     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2005.18.10.975     Document Type: Article

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