High intake of phytoestrogens and precocious thelarche: Case report with a possible correlation;Ingestão excessiva de fitoestrógenos e telarca precoce: Relato de caso com possível correlação

Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia e Metabologia

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 500-503

  Fortes, Érika M ^a   Malerba, Marta I ^a   Luchini, Paulo D ^a   Sugawara, Eduardo K ^a   Sumodjo, Larissa ^a   Neto, Luciane M Ribeiro ^a   Verreschi, Ieda T N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptor; Phytestrogen; Precocious pseudopuberty; Soy; Thelarche

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250205611     PISSN: 00042730     EISSN: 16779487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27302007000300021     Document Type: Article

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