Clinical and laboratory characteristics of children referred for early puberty: Preponderance in 7-8 years of age

JCRPE Journal of Clinical Research in Pediatric Endocrinology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 208-212

  Kiliç, Ayşe ^a   Durmuş, Mehmet Sait ^a   Ünüvar, Emin ^a   Yildiz, Ismail ^a   Aydin, Banu Küçükemre ^a   Uçar, Ahmet ^a   Bundak, Rüveyde ^a   Baş, Firdevs ^a   Darendeliler, Feyza ^a   Oǧuz, Fatma ^b   Sidal, Müjgan ^b   Yekeler, Ensar ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Child; Precox puberty; Pubarche; Puberty; Thelarche

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE AGE; CHEMILUMINESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY; CHILD; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE AND BONES; CHILD; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, HUMAN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; OVARY; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TURKEY; UTERUS;

EID: 84871588016     PISSN: 13085727     EISSN: 13085735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4274/Jcrpe.736     Document Type: Article

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