Clinical presentation of children with premature adrenarche

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1140-1149

  Von Oettingen, Julia ^a   Sola Pou, Joaquim ^b   Levitsky, Lynne L ^a   Misra, Madhusmita ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

Author keywords

17 hydroxyprogesterone; advanced; bone age; congenital adrenal hyperplasia; dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate; low birth weight; precocious puberty; small for gestational age

Indexed keywords

17 HYDROCYPROGESTERONE; ANDROGEN; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROGESTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BONE AGE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

17-ALPHA-HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; ADRENARCHE; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84870495190     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922812456238     Document Type: Article

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