Obesity and the pubertal transition in girls and boys

Reproduction

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 399-410

  Burt Solorzano, Christine M ^a,b   McCartney, Christopher R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; GONADORELIN; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADRENARCHE; BODY GROWTH; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DELAYED PUBERTY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; INSULIN RESISTANCE; OBESITY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REVIEW;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERANDROGENISM; HYPERINSULINISM; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; OBESITY; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PUBERTY; PUBERTY, DELAYED; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956203270     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-10-0119     Document Type: Review

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