Anthropometric and endocrine features in girls with isolated premature pubarche or non-classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 767-773

  Accetta, Solange Garcia ^a   Di Domênico, Khristiane ^a,b   Ritter, Clarice Gabardo ^a   Ritter, Anelise Teichmann ^a   Capp, Edison ^a   Spritzer, Poli Mara ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adrenal androgens; Bone age; Growth; Non classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia; Precocious pubarche

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENARCHE; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AGE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; OBESITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY;

EID: 3142747853     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2004.17.5.767     Document Type: Article

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