"Puberty" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A period in the human life in which the development of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal system takes place and reaches full maturity. The onset of synchronized endocrine events in puberty lead to the capacity for reproduction (FERTILITY), development of secondary SEX CHARACTERISTICS, and other changes seen in ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT.
| Descriptor ID |
D011627
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G08.686.760 G08.686.841.374
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Puberty" by people in Profiles.
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Longitudinal Associations of Pubertal Timing and Tempo With Adolescent Mental Health and Risk Behavior Initiation in Urban South Africa. J Adolesc Health. 2021 07; 69(1):64-73.
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Endocrine profiling in patients with Fanconi anemia, homozygous for a FANCG founder mutation. Mol Genet Genomic Med. 2020 08; 8(8):e1351.
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Pubertal Development and Prepubertal Height and Weight Jointly Predict Young Adult Height and Body Mass Index in a Prospective Study in South Africa. J Nutr. 2016 07; 146(7):1394-401.
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Body Image Satisfaction, Eating Attitudes and Perceptions of Female Body Silhouettes in Rural South African Adolescents. PLoS One. 2016; 11(5):e0154784.
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Early Life Growth Predicts Pubertal Development in South African Adolescents. J Nutr. 2016 Mar; 146(3):622-9.
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The effect of loading and ethnicity on annual changes in cortical bone of the radius and tibia in pre-pubertal children. Ann Hum Biol. 2016 Nov; 43(6):520-526.
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A two-year history of high bone loading physical activity attenuates ethnic differences in bone strength and geometry in pre-/early pubertal children from a low-middle income country. Bone. 2013 Dec; 57(2):522-30.
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Fracture patterns and bone mass in South African adolescent-mother pairs: the Birth to Twenty cohort. Osteoporos Int. 2014 Feb; 25(2):693-700.
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Determinants of bone size and strength in 13-year-old South African children: the influence of ethnicity, sex and pubertal maturation. Bone. 2011 Apr 01; 48(4):777-85.
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Lead exposure is associated with a delay in the onset of puberty in South African adolescent females: findings from the Birth to Twenty cohort. Sci Total Environ. 2010 Oct 01; 408(21):4949-54.