Premature thelarche in Taiwanese girls

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 879-884

  Lee, Cheng Ting ^a   Tung, Yi Ching ^a   Tsai, Wen Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Central precocious puberty; Premature thelarche

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY FUNCTION; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PREPUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 77958550588     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpem.2010.142     Document Type: Article

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