Prader A, Largo R H, Wolf C
Acta Paediatr Hung. 1984;25(1-2):155-9.
Definitions and normal age values are given for start, peak and end of the pubertal growth spurt. In spite of a sex difference in chronological age and bone age, general maturity at the start and at the peak of the growth spurt was identical in both sexes, i.e. it occurred at the same stage of skeletal maturation and at the same relative distance from adult height. Normal values for the main steps of sexual maturation are also given. The overall pattern of the growth spurt, skeletal maturation and sexual maturation was strikingly similar in both sexes.
文中给出了青春期生长突增开始、高峰期及结束期的定义和正常年龄值。尽管在实际年龄和骨龄方面存在性别差异，但在生长突增开始时和高峰期，两性的总体成熟度是相同的，即在骨骼成熟的同一阶段且距成人身高的相对距离相同。文中还给出了性成熟主要阶段的正常值。两性在生长突增、骨骼成熟和性成熟的总体模式上惊人地相似。
