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Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2012 Precocious puberty in girls can be due to number of factors of which idiopathic central precocious puberty is the most common etiology. Here, we describe 3 cases of precocious puberty where the first case had premature thelarche in the background history
Sachin Chittwar, Shivprakash, A C Ammini
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Precocious puberty in patients with Pompe disease [PDF]
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023 IntroductionThe life expectancy of Pompe disease patients has increased due to improved neonatal screening and enzyme replacement therapy. Nevertheless, the potential effect of frequent medical device exposure on pubertal development in these patients is
Meng-Ju Melody Tsai +6 more
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, 2022 Abstract Precocious puberty (PP) is defined as the onset of clinical signs of puberty before the age of 8 years in girls and 9.5 years in boys. It may be caused by central or peripheral mechanisms. Central PP (CPP) results from premature reactivation of the hypothalamo–pituitary–gonadal axis, with a hormonal pattern similar to that of ...
Juliane Léger, Jean-Claude Carel
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Hepatoblastoma with precocious puberty
Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, 2019 Hepatoblastoma (HB), a primary liver tumor of childhood, is often accompanied by raised levels of alpha-fetoprotein (α-FP). Rarely, the beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (β-hCG) levels may also be elevated, which can cause peripheral precocious puberty (PPP). We report a case of HB with precocious puberty wherein hormonal assays showed an increase in α-
Enono Yhoshu +3 more
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Influence of HFD-induced precocious puberty on neurodevelopment in mice
Nutrition & Metabolism, 2021 Background Precocious puberty is frequently associated with obesity, which will lead to long-term effects, especially on growth and reproduction. However, the effect of precocious puberty on children's neurodevelopment is still unknown.
Tingbei Bo +5 more
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Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2015 Leydig cell testicular tumours are a rare cause of precocious pseudopuberty in boys. Surgery is the main therapy and shows good overall prognosis. The physical signs of precocious puberty are expected to disappear shortly after surgical removal of the ...
Alberto eVerrotti +5 more
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Is precocious puberty linked to hypothalamic expression of arginine-phenylalanine-amide-related peptide? [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences, 2017 The up-regulator regulation and down-regulator regulation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) in central precocious puberty is not yet known. However, recent advances in neuroendocrinology have shown the controlling role of arginine-phenylalanine ...
Yuanyuan He, Wen Sun, Jian Yu
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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2019 Puberty generally occurs when an individual has stored a sufficient amount of energy. Previous reports have shown that postnatal overfeeding, induced by a small litter size or maternal high fat diet (HFD) feeding during gestation and lactation increases ...
Rahim Ullah +8 more
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Lipid profile in girls with precocious puberty: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BMC Endocrine Disorders, 2023 Objective Many studies have investigated the impact of precocious puberty on cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes and the association between lipid profile levels and precocious puberty. However, the results have been inconsistent.
Mei Jiang +3 more
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