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Continuum of phenotypes and sympathoadrenal function in premature adrenarche.
European journal of endocrinology - 1 Apr 2009
Utriainen Pauliina, Voutilainen Raimo, Jääskeläinen Jarmo
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Premature adrenarche (PA), the early rise in adrenal androgen (AA) production, can manifest with different clinical signs of androgen effect. Premature pubarche defined as appearance of pubic hair before the age of 8/9 years in girls/boys, is the most prominent clinical sign of PA and often erroneously described as a synonym of PA. Our aim was to determine the association of circulating AA...
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