Link between body fat and the timing of puberty

Pediatrics

Volumn 121, Issue SUPPL.3, 2008, Pages

  Kaplowitz, Paul B ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Early puberty; Leptin; Menarche; Obesity

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN; LEPTIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HUMAN; MENARCHE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REVIEW; RODENT; UNITED STATES; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE; ANIMAL; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENARCHE; PUBERTY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 39849092163     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1813F     Document Type: Review

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