Is premature thelarche in the first two years of life transient?

JCRPE Journal of Clinical Research in Pediatric Endocrinology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 140-145

  Uçar, Ahmet ^a   Saka, Nurçin ^a   Baş, Firdevs ^a   Bundak, Rüveyde ^a   Günöz, Hülya ^a   Darendeliler, Feyza ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Basal LH; Early puberty; Growth velocity; Premature thelarche; Two years

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBERTY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

AGE OF ONSET; BREAST; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, HUMAN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFANT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 84866466596     PISSN: 13085727     EISSN: 13085735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4274/Jcrpe.709     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Apter D, Bützow TL, Laughlin GA, Yen SS. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone pulse generator activity during pubertal transition in girls:pulsatile and diurnal patterns of circulating gonadotropins. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1993;76:940-949.
2. Bourguignon JP, Rosenfield RL. Precocious breast development in a girl In: Algorithms of pediatric endocrinology (Hochberg Z ed.) Karger 2007:14-15.
3. Stanhope R. Premature thelarche: clinical indication for follow-up and indication for treatment. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 2000;13:827-830.
4. Pasquino AM, Piccolo F, Scalamandre A, Malvaso M, Ortolani R, Boscherini B. Hypothalamo-pituitarygonadotropin function in girls with premature thelarche. Arch Dis Child 1980;55:941-944.
5. Tenore A, Franzese A, Quattrin T, Sandomenico ML, Aloi G, Gallo P, Mariano A, Di Maio S. Prognostic signs in the evolution of premature thelarche by discriminant analysis. J Endocrinol Invest 1991;14:375-381.
6. Verrotti A, Ferrari M, Morgese G, Chiarelli F. Premature thelarche: a long term follow-up. Gynecol Endocrinol 1996;10:241-247.
7. Pasquino AM, Pucarelli I, Passeri F, Segni M, Mancini MA, Municchi G. Progression of premature thelarche to central precocious puberty. J Pediatr 1995;126:11-14.
8. Teilmann G, Juul A, Skakkebaek NE, Toppati J. Putative effects of endocrine disrupters on pubertal development in the human. Best Pract Res 2002;16:105-121.
9. Volta C, Bernasconi S, Cisternino M, Buzi F, Ferzetti A, Street ME, Da Milano AM. Isolated premature thelarche and thelarche variant: clinical and auxological follow-up of 119 girls. J Endocrinol Invest 1998;21:180-183.
10. Stanhope R, Brook CH. Thelarche variant: a new syndrome of precocious sexual maturation. Acta Endocrinol (Copenh) 1990;123:481-486.
11. Kurtoglu S, Hatipoglu N, Mazicioglu MM, Akin MA, Coban D, Gokoglu S, Bastug O. Yenidoǧan dönemi normal deǧerler ve eǧriler Edit: Selim Kurtoglu In: Yenidoǧan Dönemi Endokrin Hastali{dotless}klari{dotless} 2011:627-661.
12. Marshall WA, Tanner JM. Variations in pattern of pubertal changes in girls. Arch Dis Child 1969;44:291-303.
13. Gokcay G, Furman A, Neyzi O. Updated growth curves for Turkish children aged 15 days to 60 months. Child Care Dev 2008;34:454-463. (Epub 2008 Apr 3)
14. Neyzi O, Furman A, Bundak R, Gunoz H, Darendeliler F, Bas F. Growth references for Turkish children aged 6 to 18 years. Acta Paediatr 2006;95:1635-1641.
15. Tanner JM, Whitehouse RH. Clinical longitudinal standards for height, weight, height velocity, and stages of puberty. Arch Dis Child 1976;51:170-179.
16. Greulich WW, Pyle SI. Radiographic atlas of skeletal development of the hand and wrist. Stanford:Stanford University Pres 1959:51-57.
17. Griffin IJ, Cole TJ, Duncan KA, Hollman AS, Donaldson MD. Pelvic ultrasound measurements in normal girls. Acta Paediatr 1995;84:536-543.
18. Klein KO, Mericq V, Brown-Dawson JM, Larmore KA, Cabezas P, Cortinez A. Estrogen levels in girls with premature thelarche compared with normal prepubertal girls as determined by an ultrasensitive recombinant cell bioassay. J Pediatr 1999:134;190-192.
19. Neely EK, Hintz RL, Wilson DM, Lee PA, Gautier T, Argente J, Stene M. Normal range for immunochemilumimetric gonadotropin assays. J Pediatr 1995;127:40-46.
20. Palmert MR, Malin HV, Boepple PA. Unsustained or slowly progressive puberty in young girls.Initial presentation and long term follow-up of 20 untreated patients. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999;84:415-423.
21. Ersoy B, Balkan C, Gunay T, Onag A, Egemen A. Effect of different socioeconomic conditions on menarche in Turkish female student. Early Hum Dev 2004;76:115-125.
22. Diamantopoulos S, Bao Y. Gynecomastia and premature thelarche. A guide for general practitioners. Pediatr Rev 2007;28:57-68.
23. Demirbilek H, Alikasifoglu A, Gonc NE, Ozon A, Kandemir N. Assessment of gonadotrophin suppression in girls treated with GnRH analogue for central precocious puberty; validity of single luteinizing hormone measurement after leuprrolide acetate injection. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2012;76:126-130.
24. Ikegami S, Moriwake T, Tanaka H, Inoue M, Kubo T, Suzuki S, Kanzakili S, Seino Y. An ultrasensitive assay revealed age related changes in serum oestradiol at low concentrations in both sexes from infancy to puberty. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2001;55:789-795.
25. Haber HP, Wollmann HA, Ranke MB Pelvic ultrasonography: early differentiation between isolated premature thelarche and central precocious puberty. Eur J Pediatr 1995;154:182-186.
26. Herter LD, Golendziner E, Flores JA, Moretto M, Di Domenico K, Becker E Jr, Spritzer PM. Ovarian and uterine findings in pelvic sonography. Comparison between prepubertal girls, girls with isolated thelarche, and girls with central precocious puberty. J Ultrasound Med 2002;21:1237-1246.
27. Root AW. Precocious puberty. Pediatr Rev 2000;21:10-19.
28. de Vries L, Guz-mark A, Lazar L, Reches A, Phillip M. Premature thelarche: age at presentation affects clinical course but not clinical characteristics or risk to progress to precocious puberty. J pediatr 2010;156:466-471. (Epub 2009 Nov 14)
29. Papadimitriou A, Beri D, Tsialla A, Fretzayas A, Psychou F, Nicolaidou P. Early growth acceleration in girls with idiopathic precocious puberty. J Pediatr 2006;149:43-46.
30. Prete G, Couto-Silva A, Trivin C, Brauner R. Idiopathic central precocious puberty in girls: presentation factors BMC Pediatr 2008;8:27.
31. Atay Z, Turan S, Guran T, Furman A, Bereket A. The prevalence and risk factors of premature thelarche and pubarche in 4- to 8-year-old girls. Acta Paediatr 2012;101:71-75.
32. Voss LD, Wilkin TJ, Bailey BJ, Betts PR. The reliability of height and height velocity in the assessment of growth (the Wessex Growth Study). Arch Dis Child 1991;66:833-837.
33. Román R, Johnson MC, Codner E, Boric MA, áVila A, Cassorla F. Activating GNAS1 gene mutations in patients with premature thelarche. J Pediatr 2004;145:218-222.
34. Toumba M, Hadjidemetriou A, Topouzi M, Savva SC, Demetriadou R, Kanaris C, Skordis N. Evaluation of the auxological and metabolic status in prepubertal children born small for gestational age. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 2005;18:677-688.