The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 158, Issue 1 , Pages 100-105.e2 , January 2011

Age at Onset of Puberty Predicts Bone Mass in Young Adulthood

  • Vicente Gilsanz, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Vicente Gilsanz, MD, PhD, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Department of Radiology, MS 81, 4650 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027.
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  • James Chalfant, BS

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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  • Heidi Kalkwarf, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cincinnati Children's Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
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  • Babette Zemel, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Joan Lappe, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Creighton University, Omaha, NE
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  • Sharon Oberfield, MD

      Affiliations

    • Columbia University, New York, NY
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  • John Shepherd, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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  • Tishya Wren, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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  • Karen Winer, MD

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD

Received 23 January 2010 ,Revised 16 April 2010 ,Accepted 28 June 2010.

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 Funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) contracts NO1-HD-1-3228, -3329, -3330, -3331, -3332, and -3333. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0022-3476(10)00566-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.06.054

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 158, Issue 1 , Pages 100-105.e2 , January 2011

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