Exaggerated adrenarche in a cohort of Scottish children: Clinical features and biochemistry

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 496-501

  Paterson, W F ^a   Ahmed, S F ^a   Bath, L ^b   Donaldson, M D C ^a   Fleming, R ^c   Greene, S A ^d   Hunter, I ^e   Kelnar, C J H ^b   Mayo, A ^f   Schulga, J S ^g   Shapiro, D ^c   Smail, P J ^f   Wallace, A M ^c  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e WISHAW GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL ABERDEEN CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g Stirling Royal Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENARCHE; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SMEAR; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OVARY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED KINGDOM; URINALYSIS; UTERUS;

ADRENARCHE; ANDROGENS; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERINSULINISM; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PELVIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77749282989     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2009.03739.x     Document Type: Article

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