Relationship between timing of peak height velocity and pubertal staging in boys and girls

JCRPE Journal of Clinical Research in Pediatric Endocrinology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 235-237

  Granados, Andrea ^a   Gebremariam, Achamyeleh ^a   Lee, Joyce M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent growth; Growth spurt; Peak height velocity; Pubertal staging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENARCHE; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; WEIGHT HEIGHT RATIO; ADOLESCENT; AGE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OSTEOGENESIS; PUBERTY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84940390103     PISSN: 13085727     EISSN: 13085735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4274/jcrpe.2007     Document Type: Article

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