Premature adrenarche -A common condition with variable presentation

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 221-231

  Utriainen, Pauliina ^a   Laakso, Saila ^a   Liimatta, Jani ^a   Jääskeläinen, Jarmo ^a   Voutilainen, Raimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adrenal androgens; Adrenal hyperandrogenism; Adrenarche; Birth weight; Growth; Metabolic syndrome; Ovarian hyperandrogenism; Prepubertal children; Pubarche

Indexed keywords

INSULIN SENSITIZING AGENT; METFORMIN; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ACNE; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENARCHE; ADULTHOOD; ANDROGEN METABOLISM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMEDO; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISORDERS OF HORMONE METABOLISM; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEREDITY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINISM; LIFESTYLE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LONG TERM CARE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PREMATURE ADRENARCHE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ADRENAL GLAND; FEMALE; HYPERANDROGENISM; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENARCHE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERANDROGENISM; MALE;

EID: 84929955695     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000369458     Document Type: Review

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