Timing of pubertal onset in girls: Evidence for non-Gaussian distribution

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4422-4425

  Papadimitriou, Anastasios ^a   Pantsiotou, Soula ^a   Douros, Konstandinos ^a   Papadimitriou, Dimitrios T ^a   Nicolaidou, Polyxeni ^a   Fretzayas, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 56549118507     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2008-0661     Document Type: Article

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