Longitudinal follow-up of bone density and body composition in children with precocious or early puberty before, during and after cessation of GnRH agonist therapy [PDF]
, 2002 We studied bone mineral density (BMD), bone metabolism, and body composition in 47 children with central precocious puberty (n = 36) or early puberty (n = 11) before, during, and after cessation of GnRH agonist.
Boot, A.M. (Annemieke) +4 more
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Body mass index has risen more steeply in tall than in short 3-year olds: serial cross-sectional surveys 1988-2003 [PDF]
, 2007 Objective: To monitor the changing relationship between body mass index ( BMI) and height in young children.Design: Annual cross-sectional surveys using health-visitor-collected routine data 1988 - 2003.Setting: Wirral, England.Participants: Fifty ...
Buchan, IE +3 more
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Child abuse and pubertal timing: what is the role of child sex and identity of the perpetrator?
BMC PsychiatryBackground This study investigated the association between child abuse [child neglect (CN), emotional (CEA) and physical abuse (CPA)] and early puberty with special regard to sex-specific effects concerning child and parental perpetrator.
V. Steger +3 more
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Breast and Formula Milk and Early Puberty Onset. [PDF]
Children (Basel), 2023 Calcaterra V +5 more
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Minimum Age Difference as a Requisite for Adoption [PDF]
, 1966 Recent incidents of abortive uses of adoption statutes have pointed up the possible need for a healthy change in our adoption laws: the inclusion of a required age difference between adopter and adoptee. The author urges that such a statutory requirement
Wadlington, Walter J., III
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Gut microbiota and child behavior in early puberty: does child sex play a role? [PDF]
Gut Microbes, 2023 Ou Y +4 more
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The Harmful Traditional Practice of Breast Ironing in Cameroon, Africa. [PDF]
, 2017 This article will examine the harmful traditional practice of breast ironing, a common occurrence in Cameroon. Breast ironing affects approximately one in every four adolescent girls in Cameroon and is typically performed by the mother of the child who ...
Pearsell, Rachel
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MRI evaluation of cranial pathologies in rapidly progressive early puberty cases aged 8-9. [PDF]
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne), 2023 Kılınç Uğurlu A +4 more
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