Defined as the appearance of secondary sexual characteristics before the age of 8 years in girls and 9 years in boys
Normal puberty occurs between age 8 and 14 years in girls and 9 an...
Review pa...
GDPP: The primary reason to treat is to prevent early epiphyseal closure and reduction of adult height (2).
Good candidates are those who present at a younger age with rapidl...
Evaluate every 3 to 6 months to assess pubertal growth and development and height velocity to detect abnormal growth spurt.
Measure bone age every 6 to 12 mon...
Bertelloni S, Baroncelli GI. Current pharmacotherapy of central precocious puberty by GnRH analogs: certainties and uncertainties. Expert Opin Pharmacother. 20...
E30.1 Precocious puberty
E22.8 Other hyperfunction of pituitary gland
400179000 Precocious puberty (disorder)
237816004 Central precocious puberty (disorder)
19911007 Precocious female pu...
There are two types of precocious puberty: central and peripheral. Premature thelarche and adrenarche can be normal variants of puberty.
Most common in girls and majority of cases are ...
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