Prepubertal adrenarchal androgens and animal protein intake independently and differentially influence pubertal timing

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3002-3009

  Remer, Thomas ^a   Shi, Lijie ^a   Buyken, Anette E ^a   Maser Gluth, Christiane ^b   Hartmann, Michaela F ^c   Wudy, Stefan A ^c  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHILD NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADRENARCHE; ANDROGEN RELEASE; ARTICLE; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MENARCHE; PREPUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; URINALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLAND; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD; BREAST; CHILD NUTRITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; GROWTH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAIR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLANDS; ANDROGENS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREAST; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENITALIA, MALE; GROWTH; HAIR; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBERTY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 77954513312     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2009-2583     Document Type: Article

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