Longitudinal pubertal growth according to age at pubertal growth spurt onset: Data from a Spanish study including 458 children (223 boys and 235 girls)

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 715-726

  Ferrández, Angel ^a   Carrascosa, Antonio ^b,c   Audi, Laura ^b   Baguer, Luis ^a   Rueda, Carmen ^a   Bosch Castañé, Juan ^a   Gussinyé, Miquel ^b   Yeste, Diego ^b   Labarta, José Ignacio ^a   Mayayo, Esteban ^a   Fernândez Cancio, Mónica ^b   Albisu, Maria A ^b   Clemente, María ^b  

^a Children's Hospital   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Longitudinal data; Pubertal growth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATURITY; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPAIN;

EID: 70349492106     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2009.22.8.715     Document Type: Article

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