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Aug 2026
Adrenal androgen mediates the association between obesity and accelerated skeletal maturation in children and adolescents
Adrenal androgen activity, reflected by DHEA-S, represents a significant endocrine pathway linking obesity to accelerated skeletal maturation, highlighting developmentally specific windows of endocrine-metabolic interaction in growing children.
Youngha Choi, Eunju Lee, H. Lee et al.
· Frontiers in Endocrinology · 0 citations