 Puberty, Precocious
"Puberty, Precocious" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Development of SEXUAL MATURATION in boys and girls at a chronological age that is 2.5 standard deviations below the mean age at onset of PUBERTY in the population. This early maturation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis results in sexual precocity, elevated serum levels of GONADOTROPINS and GONADAL STEROID HORMONES such as ESTRADIOL and TESTOSTERONE.
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D011629
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C19.391.693
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Puberty, Precocious" by people in Profiles.
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Griffing E, Halpin K, Lee BR, Paprocki E. Premature pubarche in Prader-Willi syndrome: Risk factors and consequences. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2024 Aug; 101(2):162-169.
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Reiter EO, Mauras N, McCormick K, Kulshreshtha B, Amrhein J, De Luca F, O'Brien S, Armstrong J, Melezinkova H. Bicalutamide plus anastrozole for the treatment of gonadotropin-independent precocious puberty in boys with testotoxicosis: a phase II, open-label pilot study (BATT). J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2010 Oct; 23(10):999-1009.
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Lantos J. It's not the growth attenuation, it's the sterilization! Am J Bioeth. 2010 Jan; 10(1):45-6.
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Suarez EA, d'Alva CB, Campbell A, Miller-Horn J, Dever M, Faerber E, Medonca BB, Latronico AC, De Luca F. Absence of mutation in the follicle-stimulating hormone receptor gene in severe primary hypothyroidism associated with gonadal hyperstimulation. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Aug; 20(8):923-31.
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Holland FJ, Fishman L, Costigan DC, Luna L, Leeder S. Pharmacokinetic characteristics of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone analog D-Ser(TBU)-6EA-10luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (buserelin) after subcutaneous and intranasal administration in children with central precocious puberty. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1986 Nov; 63(5):1065-70.
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