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Precocious puberty — Comprehensive overview covers causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of early puberty. ... Puberty normally begins in girls between ages 8 and 12 and in boys between ages 9 and 14. Precocious puberty is puberty that begins before age 8 for girls and before age 9 for boys.
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Precocious puberty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Precocious puberty (Latin: ) is an unusually early onset of puberty, the process of sexual maturation triggered by the brain or exogenous chemicals, which usually begins in late childhood and results...
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Puberty is the development of sexual maturity. The onset of puberty varies from child to child. It normally starts around age 12 or 13 in boys. Precocious puberty in boys is the premature onset of puberty, so that it begins before the age of 9 and one-half years.
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The signs of precocious puberty are the same as those for regular puberty. The difference is that they start to occur at a younger age than normal. ... Precocious puberty is puberty that begins before age 8 years for girls and before age 9 years for boys. The word “precocious” means developing unusually early.
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In the current study, we examined three other Brazilian boys, two brothers and one unrelated boy, with gonadotropin-independent precocious puberty. ... Our studies show that the A568V is the most frequent cause of male-limited precocious puberty in Brazilian boys.
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Hypothalamic hamartoma is an important cause of precocious puberty in boys. ... Hypothalamic hamartoma is an important cause of precocious puberty in boys. Although the GnRH analogs are known to be effective therapy, there are few studies of the recovery of the pituitary-gonadal axis following long-term treatment.
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Causes of GnRH-independent precocious puberty in boys include certain enzyme defects, familial male gonadotropin-independent precocity (due to an activating mutation of the gene for luteinizing hormone [LH] receptors), testosterone-producing testicular tumors, and occasionally McCune-Albright syndrome.
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