Postnatal breast development of preterm infants. An index of gonadal function.
Development of breast nodules after birth was examined in 17 preterm infants; nodules developed regularly in girls but not boys. It is concluded that the pituitary-gonadal axis of preterm infants is active in the months after birth and that in preterm infants there is a definite phase of breast growth in early postnatal life.
D000375:Aging; D001940:Breast / Q000254:growth & development*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008297:Male; D010053:Ovary / Q000502:physiology; D013737:Testis / Q000502:physiology