Utility of breast ultrasonography in the diagnostic work-up of precocious puberty and proposal of a prognostic index for identifying girls with rapidly progressive central precocious puberty

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-91

  Calcaterra, V ^a,b   Sampaolo, P ^a   Klersy, C ^b   Larizza, D ^a   Alfei, A ^a   Brizzi, V ^a   Beneventi, F ^a   Cisternino, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast ultrasound; Multivariate model; Precocious puberty; Premature thelarche risk score

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BONE AGE; BREAST; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGAN SIZE; PELVIS; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEXUAL MATURATION; UTERUS;

AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 58149523127     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.6271     Document Type: Article

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