Reexamination of the age limit for defining when puberty is precocious in girls in the United States: Implications for evaluation and treatment

Pediatrics

Volumn 104, Issue 4 I, 1999, Pages 936-941

  Kaplowitz, Paul B ^a,c   Oberfield, Sharon E ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^c Box 980140 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Breast development; Normal puberty; Pubic hair

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN AGONIST;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL MATURITY; UNITED STATES;

AGE OF ONSET; BREAST; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PUBERTY; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; REFERENCE VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032881963     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.104.4.936     Document Type: Article

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