Update on Precocious Puberty: Girls are Showing Signs of Puberty Earlier, but Most Do Not Require Treatment

Advances in Pediatrics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 243-258

  Kaplowitz, Paul ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

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EID: 79959996525     PISSN: 00653101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yapd.2011.03.004     Document Type: Review

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