Precocious puberty and normal variant puberty: Definition, etiology, diagnosis and current management

JCRPE Journal of Clinical Research in Pediatric Endocrinology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 164-174

  Berberoǧlu, Merih ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Precocious puberty; Premature pubarche; Premature thelarche

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; GONADOTROPIN; HISTRELIN; LEUPRORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PAMIDRONIC ACID; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADRENARCHE; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BONE AGE; BONE MATURATION; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; DEPRESSION; DRUG IMPLANT; DRUG MECHANISM; ECHOGRAPHY; FIBROUS DYSPLASIA; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENSTRUATION; MENTAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT INDICATION; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 77953459597     PISSN: 13085727     EISSN: 13085735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4274/jcrpe.v1i4.3     Document Type: Review

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