Sex steroids in relation to sexual and skeletal maturation in obese male adolescents

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2977-2985

  Vandewalle, S ^a   Taes, Y ^a   Fiers, T ^a   Van Helvoirt, M ^b   Debode, P ^b   Herregods, N ^a   Ernst, C ^c   Van Caenegem, E ^a   Roggen, I ^c   Verhelle, F ^c   De Schepper, J ^a,c   Kaufman, J M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Zeepreventorium   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS;

EID: 84905860803     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2014-1452     Document Type: Article

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