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Prepuberty

Known as: Prepubertal 
The period of development immediately prior to the onset of puberty when changes occur that lead to sexual maturity.
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Body composition in prepubertal girls: comparison of six methods
OBJECTIVE: To compare estimates of fat mass (FM), fat-free mass (FFM) and percentage body fat (%fat) by six different methods in… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Short stature--the role of intelligence in psychosocial adjustment.
Short children are often described as having psychosocial problems. These reports may be inaccurate as former studies have relied… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Clinical management of prepubertal periodontitis in 2 siblings with Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome.
The development of prepubertal periodontitis in Papillon-Lefévre syndrome (PLS) has been studied in 2 siblings, 12 and 8 years of… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Developmental changes in neuroendocrine regulation of gonadotropin secretion in gonadal dysgenesis.
Patients with gonadal dysgenesis have a marked increase in gonadotropin levels at the age when puberty normally occurs. To… 
1981
1981
Developmental changes in rabbit and dog adrenal function: a possible homologue of adrenarche in the dog.
Histologic, hormonal, and enzymatic studies were performed in the rabbit and dog to identify maturational changes similar to… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Sleep-wake patterns of LH and testosterone release in prepubertal boys.
Ten prepubertal boys who ranged in age from 6 11/12 to 14 2/12 years were studied for 2 consecutive nights. The subjects went to… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Adenylyl cyclase activities in ovarian tissues. IV. Gonadotrophin-induced desensitization of the luteal adenylyl cyclase throughout pregnancy and pseudopregnancy in the rabbit and the rat.
We measured the adenylyl cyclase (AC) activity in dissected CL and the responsiveness of the AC system to LH, FSH, and… 
1971
1971
Cell proliferation in the prepubertal male rat adrenal cortex: an autoradiographic study.
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
HCG stimulation test in prepubertal boys with cryptorchidism, in bilateral anorchia and in male pseudohermaphroditism.
ABSTRACT Plasma testosterone concentration was determined before and after 5 days of daily injections of HCG (800–5000 U/day… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Plasma Androgens in Childhood and Adolescence1
ABSTRACT Plasma androstenedione (A) and testosterone (T) were measured in 47 prepubertal and pubertal boys ages 4–15 yr 9 months…