Early puberty in internationally adopted girls: Hormonal and clinical markers of puberty in 276 girls examined biannually over two years

Hormone Research

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 236-246

  Teilmann, Grete ^a   Petersen, Jørgen H ^a,b   Gormsen, Magdalena ^a   Damgaard, Karen ^a   Skakkebæk, Niels E ^a   Jensen, Tina Kold ^c  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adopted children; Menarche; Precocious puberty; Puberty

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; INHIBIN A; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTED CHILD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AGE; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBERTY; PUBIC BONE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGING; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENMARK; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS, PITUITARY; HUMANS; INHIBINS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENARCHE; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 70349744075     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000236085     Document Type: Article

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