Endocrinology and gynecology of girls and women with low birth weight

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 243-249

  Ibáñez, Lourdes ^a,b   López Bermejo, Abel ^c   Díaz, Marta ^a,b   Marcos, Maria Victoria ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c GIRONA BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBGI   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL DE TERRASSA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abdominal fat; Adiponectin; Adiposity; Adrenarche; Androgen excess; Body composition; Insulin; Lipids; Low birth weight; Menarche; Metformin; Polycystic ovary syndrome; Prenatal growth; Pubarche; Puberty; Subcutaneous fat; Visceral fat

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; INSULIN; METFORMIN;

ADOLESCENCE; ADRENARCHE; BODY HEIGHT; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERGONADOTROPISM; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MENARCHE; OBESITY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REVIEW;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; UTERUS;

EID: 84355162113     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000330366     Document Type: Review

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