The pubertal transition in 179 healthy Danish children: Associations between pubarche, adrenarche, gonadarche, and body composition

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 129-136

  Mouritsen, Annette ^a   Aksglaede, Lise ^a   Soerensen, Kaspar ^a   Hagen, Casper P ^a   Petersen, J H ^a,b   Main, Katharina M ^a   Juul, Anders ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADRENARCHE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST STAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DANISH; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENITAL STAGE; GONADARCHE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBARCHE; PUBERTY; PUBIC HAIR STAGE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD; SOCIOECONOMICS; TESTIS SIZE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENARCHE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PUBERTY;

EID: 84872329617     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-12-0191     Document Type: Article

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