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ey0015.13-24 | Growth and Development | ESPEYB15

13.24 Comparison of Tanner staging of HIV-infected and uninfected girls at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku/Ozalla, Enugu, Nigeria

ON Iloh , KK Iloh , AC Ubesie , IJ Emodi , AN Ikefuna , NS Ibeziako

To read the full abstract: J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 2017; 30(7): 725-729This cross-sectional case-control study reports that 8 to 18-year-old girls with perinatal HIV infection are less likely to have attained thelarche, menarche and pubarche than healthy peers matched for age and socio-economic status. Girls with perinatal HIV infection were on average over 1.5 years older than healthy girls ...