Context Precocious puberty currently affects 1 in 5,000 children and is 10 times more
common in girls. Statistics indicate that girls in the United States are maturing at an earlier …

Proper diet and nutrition are key components that contribute to steady growth and
development during the adolescent period. Unfortunately there are many adolescents and …

Supl ENDOCRINOLOGIA (color) Page 1 127 Revista Pediatría de Atención Primaria Volumen
XI. Suplemento 16, 2009 Resumen La pubertad es el período final del crecimiento y maduración …

The establishment and maturation of the testicular Sertoli cell population underpins adult
male fertility. These events are influenced by hormones and endocrine factors, including …

Testosterone is the principal endogenous androgenic–anabolic steroid in humans. The
levels of testosterone in the human body are correlated with many hormonal disorders …

性早熟是临床常见的儿童内分泌疾患, 对患儿生理和心理的影响及其规范化诊断和治疗一直是
儿科内分泌领域研究的热点. 近年来各种环境雌激素所导致的儿童性早熟亦引起人们的重视 …

Purpose: To determine if there is a positive correlation between increased body mass index
(BMI) and dental development in children. Methods: The records of 500 six-to 13-year-old …

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) therapy is used to control puberty
progression and it preserves height potential in patients with idiopathic central precocious …

Aim: We investigated whether the insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I response to growth
hormone (GH) is regulated by body mass index (BMI) in short children with normal weight …

The pubertal activation of gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GnRH) requires coordinated
changes in excitatory or inhibitory amino acids, growth factors, and a group of transcriptional …