Early adrenarche in normal prepubertal girls: A prospective longitudinal study

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1231-1237

  Azziz, Ricardo ^a,b,d   Farah, Lisa A ^a   Moran, Carlos ^a,c   Knochenhauer, Eric S ^a   Potter, H Downing ^a   Boots, Larry R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^d CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Adrenarche; Androgens; Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADRENARCHE; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREPUBERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 4644324005     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2004.17.9.1231     Document Type: Article

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