The appearance of secondary sex 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 and 14 years in ...
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...
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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