Body mass index of girls in health influences menarche and skeletal maturation: A leptin-sympathetic nervous system focus on the trunk with hypothalamic asymmetric dysfunction in the pathogenesis of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis?

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 140, Issue , 2008, Pages 9-21

  Burwell, R G ^a   Aujla, R K ^a   Kirby, A S ^a   Dangerfield, P H ^b   Moulton, A ^c   Cole, A A ^a   Polak, F J ^a   Pratt, R K ^a   Webb, J K ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING S MILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Human evolution; Idiopathic scoliosis; Leptin; Pathogenesis; Pelvis; Ribcage; Shoulder girdle; Spine

Indexed keywords

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; SET THEORY;

BODY MASS INDEX; HUMAN EVOLUTION; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; LEPTIN; PATHOGENESIS; PELVIS; RIBCAGE; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SPINE;

HORMONES;

LEPTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MENARCHE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SCOLIOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION; SKELETON; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEPTIN; MENARCHE; PILOT PROJECTS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SCOLIOSIS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SKELETON; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 54049112995     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-58603-888-5-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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