Lesson of the week: Sexual precocity in a 4 year old boy

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7756, 2010, Pages 1137-1138

  Mason, A ^a   McNeill, E ^a   Wallace, A M ^b   Connell, J M ^c   Donaldson, M D C ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE DERIVATIVE; ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; HAIR; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PUBIC HAIR; URINALYSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATHER; GEL; HYPOGONADISM;

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; ANDROGENS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATHERS; GELS; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 77953934636     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c2319     Document Type: Article

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