Publications by authors named "Leonardo dos Santos Garcia"
Aims: Isolated premature pubarche (PP) is commonly caused by premature adrenarche (PA), and links between PA, children born small for gestational age (SGA) and insulin resistance have already been made in some populations.
Subjects And Methods: We assessed anthropometric data, pubertal landmarks and metabolic profile at diagnosis and during the study in 52 girls with the diagnosis of isolated PP from a Brazilian cohort.
Results: The prevalence of obesity (25%), dyslipidemia (63.