Premature thelarche related to fennel tea consumption?

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 175-179

  Okdemir, Deniz ^a   Hatipoglu, Nihal ^a   Kurtoglu, Selim ^a   Akin, Leyla ^a   Kendirci, Mustafa ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fennel tea; Isolated premature thelarche; Phytoestrogen

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; BREAST FEEDING; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COLIC; FEMALE; FENNEL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESTLESSNESS; TEA; BEVERAGE; BREAST; FOENICULUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT;

BEVERAGES; BREAST; FEMALE; FOENICULUM; HUMANS; INFANT;

EID: 84893720952     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: 21910251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpem-2013-0308     Document Type: Article

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