Behavioral problems and idiopathic central precocious puberty: Fact or fiction?

Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2007, Pages 306-312

  Walvoord, Emily C ^a,c   Mazur, Tom ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior problems; Central precocious puberty; Cognition; Psychopathology; Psychosexual development; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN AGONIST; TRIPTORELIN;

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF ESTEEM;

EID: 34250159513     PISSN: 15654753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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