Accelerated early pubertal progression, ovarian morphology, and ovarian function in prospectively followed low birth weight (LBW) girls

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 223-230

  Hernández, María Isabel ^a   Martíez Aguayo, Alejandro ^b   Cavada, Gabriel ^a   Peña, Veronica ^c   Trejo, Leon ^a   Avila, Alejandra ^a   Salazar, Teresa ^a   Asenjo, Sylvia ^d   Iñiguez, German ^a   Rey, Rodolfo ^e   Mericq, Verónica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c HOSPITAL SAN BORJA ARRIARÁN   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^e HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

Author keywords

AMH; Birth weight; Growth; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; GONADOTROPIN; INHIBIN B; LEUPRORELIN; SEX HORMONE;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BONE AGE; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; OVARY FUNCTION; PELVIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ANDROGENS; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INHIBINS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MENARCHE; OVARY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBERTY;

EID: 84878282079     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: 21910251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpem-2012-0345     Document Type: Article

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