Age at hormonal onset of puberty based on luteinizing hormone, inhibin B, and body composition in preadolescent US girls

Pediatric Research

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 564-570

  Addo, O Yaw ^a   Miller, Bradley S ^b   Lee, Peter A ^c   Hediger, Mary L ^d   Himes, John H ^e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; INHIBIN;

AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PUBERTY; WEIGHT GAIN; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INHIBINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PUBERTY; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84910620287     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pr.2014.131     Document Type: Article

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