Anatomy of female puberty: The clinical relevance of developmental changes in the reproductive system

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 115-129

  Colvin, Caroline Wingo ^a   Abdullatif, Hussein ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

adrenarche; androgens; breast; estrogen; menarche; ovary; thelarche; uterus; vulva

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ANATOMY; BREAST; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; LABIUM MAJUS; LABIUM MINUS; MONS PUBIS; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS; VAGINA; VESTIBULE;

BREAST; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARY; PUBERTY; UTERUS; VAGINA; VULVA;

EID: 84871403699     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.22164     Document Type: Review

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