Girls with Premature Adrenarche Have Accelerated Early Childhood Growth

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 882-887

  Utriainen, Pauliina ^a   Voutilainen, Raimo ^a   Jääskeläinen, Jarmo ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; INSULIN; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADRENARCHE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE AGE; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCORING SYSTEM; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADRENARCHE; AGE OF ONSET; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS;

EID: 67349179971     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.12.038     Document Type: Article

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