Influence of the body weight on the onset and progression of puberty in boys

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 28, Issue 7-8, 2015, Pages 859-865

  Tomova, Analia ^a   Robeva, Ralitsa ^a   Kumanov, Philip ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

body mass index; body weight; boys; obesity; puberty; testes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROUPS BY AGE; HAIR; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PENIS; PENIS CIRCUMFERENCE; PENIS LENGTH; PUBERTY; PUBIC HAIR; TESTICULAR VOLUME; TESTIS; UROGENITAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; BULGARIA; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; SEXUAL MATURATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BODY MASS INDEX; BULGARIA; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PUBERTY; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937918521     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: 21910251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpem-2014-0363     Document Type: Article

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