Assessment and mechanism of variations in pubertal timing in internationally adopted children: A developmental hypothesis

European Journal of Endocrinology, Supplement

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Domine F ^a   Parent, A S ^a   Rasier, G ^a   Lebrethon, M C ^a   Bourguignon, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR BINDING INHIBITOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADOPTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBERTY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 33845460690     PISSN: 08044635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.1.02252     Document Type: Conference Paper

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