Maturational tempo differences in relation to the timing of the onset of puberty in girls

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 217-220

  Pantsiotou, S ^a   Papadimitriou, A ^a   Douros, K ^a   Priftis, K ^a   Nicolaidou, P ^a   Fretzayas, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Early puberty; Late puberty; Maturational tempo; Onset of puberty; Peak height velocity

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENARCHE; PUBERTY;

EID: 38849176054     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00598.x     Document Type: Article

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