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Why Girls are Starting Puberty Early
Scientific American, 2015The article explores the question of why girls are beginning puberty early. Topics include the risk of cancer or other illnesses later in life in girls who experience breast development younger than 11 years old, research in 1997 that identified obesity as a major risk factor for the early onset of puberty, the effects of prolonged exposure to the ...
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Early Puberty: A Cautionary Tale
Pediatrics, 2001To the Editor. Drs Pathomvanich, Merke, and Chrousos have presented their experience with an instructive patient—a white girl whose pubic hair growth began shortly after her sixth birthday and breast development approximately a year and a half later. An evaluation did not occur until she was age 8.5, when significant insulin resistance was found. The
Marcia E. Herman +4 more
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The Nurse Practitioner, 1989
Primary care providers should have the ability to identify normal and abnormal variations of sexual development in children. The incidence of precocious puberty is approximately one child in every 10,000 children in the United States. While etiologies vary, precise differential diagnosis is essential because it will determine the course of treatment ...
M J, Ott, P L, Jackson
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Primary care providers should have the ability to identify normal and abnormal variations of sexual development in children. The incidence of precocious puberty is approximately one child in every 10,000 children in the United States. While etiologies vary, precise differential diagnosis is essential because it will determine the course of treatment ...
M J, Ott, P L, Jackson
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Early and late weight gain and the timing of puberty
Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 2006Nutrition is an important regulator of the tempo of growth and obesity is usually associated with tall childhood stature and earlier pubertal development. Several longitudinal studies have demonstrated that timing of puberty is most closely linked to infancy weight gain: suggesting an early window for programming of growth and development.
David B, Dunger +2 more
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Massive Ovarian Edema Causing Early Puberty
Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2002Massive ovarian edema is a rare tumor-like condition found predominantly in young women. Patients usually present with abdominal pain and/or abdominal mass. Pre-operative diagnosis is often difficult. Awareness of this rare and benign lesion in young women may allow conservative management and prevention of oophorectomy in some patients.
Shankar, Kanumakala +4 more
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Rare Cause of Vaginal Bleeding in Early Puberty
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, 2005To document an unusual cause of vaginal bleeding in early puberty.Case Report.Clinical presentation with the aid of pelvic ultrasound pointed to the diagnosis of an endometrial polyp in this young adolescent prior to menarche. A hysteroscopy was deemed necessary to allay concerns for a serious pathology and confirm diagnosis.Endometrial polyps are ...
Victoria J, Davis +2 more
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