Diseases

Precocious Puberty

Development of SEXUAL MATURATION in boys and girls at a chronological age that is 2.5 standard deviations below the mean age at onset of PUBERTY in the population. This early maturation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis results in sexual precocity, elevated serum levels of GONADOTROPINS and GONADAL STEROID HORMONES such as ESTRADIOL and TESTOSTERONE.

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Development of SEXUAL MATURATION in boys and girls at a chronological age that is 2.5 standard deviations below the mean age at onset of PUBERTY in the population. This early maturation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis results in sexual precocity, elevated serum levels of GONADOTROPINS and GONADAL STEROID HORMONES such as ESTRADIOL and TESTOSTERONE.

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35 entry terms
  • Pubertas Praecox
  • Puberty, Precocious
  • Praecox, Pubertas
  • Precocious Puberties
  • Puberties, Precocious
  • Familial Precocious Puberty
  • Idiopathic Sexual Precocity
  • Precocious Puberty, Central
  • Precocious Puberty, Male Limited
  • Precocious Puberty, Male-Limited
  • Sexual Precocity
  • Testotoxicosis
  • Central Precocious Puberties
  • Central Precocious Puberty
  • Familial Precocious Puberties
  • Idiopathic Sexual Precocities
  • Male-Limited Precocious Puberties
  • Male-Limited Precocious Puberty
  • Precocious Puberties, Central
  • Precocious Puberties, Familial
  • Precocious Puberties, Male-Limited
  • Precocious Puberty, Familial
  • Precocities, Idiopathic Sexual
  • Precocities, Sexual
  • Precocity, Idiopathic Sexual
  • Precocity, Sexual
  • Puberties, Central Precocious
  • Puberties, Familial Precocious
  • Puberties, Male-Limited Precocious
  • Puberty, Central Precocious
  • Puberty, Familial Precocious
  • Puberty, Male-Limited Precocious
  • Sexual Precocities
  • Sexual Precocities, Idiopathic
  • Sexual Precocity, Idiopathic

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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human only

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  1. C19w.391.693w

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WS 450

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Precocious Puberty. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011629. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011629
  2. Precocious Puberty. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precocious_puberty
  3. Precocious Puberty. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q224513