The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 154, Issue 6 , Pages 882-887 , June 2009

Girls with Premature Adrenarche Have Accelerated Early Childhood Growth

Received 22 August 2008 ,Revised 14 November 2008 ,Accepted 18 December 2008.

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 Supported by the Kuopio University Hospital, Pediatric Research Foundation, National Graduate School of Clinical Investigation, Academy of Finland, Finnish Medical Foundation, and Sigrid Jusélius Foundation. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0022-3476(08)01142-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.12.038

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 154, Issue 6 , Pages 882-887 , June 2009

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