Normal physiological variations of pubertal development: Starting age of puberty, menarcheal age and size;Variaciones fisiológicas normales del desarrollo puberal: Edad del inicio puberal, edad de la menarquia y talla

Anales de Pediatria

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-153

  Marco Hernandez M ^a   Benitez R ^b   Medranda, I ^b   Pizarro, C ^b   Mendez M J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CENTRAL DE LA DEFENSA GÓMEZ ULLA   (Spain)

^b Cuatro Vientos   (Spain)

Author keywords

Height; Menarche; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MENARCHE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PUBERTY;

EID: 48649101400     PISSN: 16954033     EISSN: 16959531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13124894     Document Type: Article

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