Pubic hair of infancy: Endocrinopathy or enigma?

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 951-954

  Nebesio, Todd D ^a,b   Eugster, Erica A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Infancy; Precocious puberty; Premature adrenarche; Pubic hair

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAIR DISEASE; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENITAL SYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAIR;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; GENITALIA; HAIR; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE;

EID: 33645032935     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-1227     Document Type: Article

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