title: Growth patterns in early childhood and the onset of menarche before age twelve.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brasil. jeovanymm@yahoo.es
authors.forename: Jeovany Martínez
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Mesa
authors.forename: Jeovany
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: Cora
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Araújo
authors.forename: Bernardo Lessa
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Horta
authors.forename: Denise Petrucci
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Gigante