Bone age and onset of puberty in normal boys

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 254-255, Issue , 2006, Pages 202-206

  Flor Cisneros, Armando ^a   Roemmich, James N ^b   Rogol, Alan D ^b   Baron, Jeffrey ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone age; Puberty; Skeletal maturation

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AGE; BONE MATURATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; BONE DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PUBERTY; STATISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745909956     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2006.04.008     Document Type: Article

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