title: Clinical aspects of normal pubertal development.
abstract: Puberty is associated with changes in nearly all organs and structures of the body. The present paper reviews the clinical aspects of these changes, i.e. the growth and development of the gonads and of secondary sexual characteristics, the pubertal growth spurt, the changes in body composition and the differential growth of certain viscera. The marked sexual dimorphism of some of these changes and of their timing is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Ste Justine Hospital, Montréal, Qué., Canada.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Van Vliet
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001823:Body Composition; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006128:Growth; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010053:Ovary / Q000254:growth & development; D011627:Puberty / Q000502:physiology*; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D013737:Testis / Q000254:growth & development