Early metformin therapy to delay menarche and augment height in girls with precocious pubarche

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 727-730

  Ibáñez, Lourdes ^a,b   Lopez Bermejo, Abel ^c   Diaz, Marta ^a,b   Marcos, Maria Victoria ^d   De Zegher, Francis ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c Hospital Trueta   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL DE TERRASSA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

abdominal fat; adiposity; adrenarche; androgen excess; birthweight; body composition; DHEAS; epigenetic; fatty liver; height; hepatic fat; IGF I; insulin; lean mass; lipids; menarche; Metformin; obesity; PCOS; polycystic ovary syndrome; pubarche; puberty; subcutaneous fat; visceral fat

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; INSULIN; LIPID; METFORMIN;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MENARCHE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENARCHE; METFORMIN; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78751581706     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.08.052     Document Type: Article

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