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Postnatal Feeding With a Fat Rich Diet Induces Precocious Puberty Independent of Body Weight, Body Fat, and Leptin Levels in Female Mice

open access: yesFrontiers 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
doaj   +1 more source

Parent-of-origin-specific allelic associations among 106 genomic loci for age at menarche. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Age at menarche is a marker of timing of puberty in females. It varies widely between individuals, is a heritable trait and is associated with risks for obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, breast cancer and all-cause mortality.
A Kong   +271 more
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Physical deviation and precocious puberty among school-aged children in Leshan City: an investigative study

open access: yesJournal of International Medical Research, 2020
Objective We investigated physical deviation and precocious puberty among school-aged children in Leshan City, to provide a theoretical basis for the management of precocious puberty in children.
Qiong Wei   +14 more
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Face and voice attractiveness judgments change during adolescence [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Attractivenessjudgments are thought to underpin adaptive mate choice decisions. We investigated how these judgmentschange during adolescence when mate choice is becoming relevant.
DeBruine, Lisa   +4 more
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Precocious puberty

open access: yesUS Endocrinology, 2006
Precocious puberty refers to the appearance of physical and hormonal signs of pubertal development at an earlier age than is considered normal.Although traditionally, any signs of puberty in girls prior to age eight years have been considered abnormal, recent studies indicate that signs of early puberty (breasts and pubic hair) are often present in ...
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Etiology of precocious puberty, 10 years study in Endocrine Reserch Centre (Firouzgar), Tehran [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 2012
Background: Precocious puberty, as early physical development and low final height might lead to psychosocial problems.Objective: To evaluate etiology and clinical feature of precocious puberty in a cohort of Iranian children.Materials and Methods: In ...
Fatemeh Safari   +2 more
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Clinical Management and Therapy of Precocious Puberty in the Sapienza University Pediatrics Hospital of Rome, Italy

open access: yesChildren, 2023
Puberty identifies the transition from childhood to adulthood. Precocious puberty is the onset of signs of pubertal development before age eight in girls and before age nine in boys, it has an incidence of 1/5000–1/10,000 with an F:M ratio ranging from 3:
Ginevra Micangeli   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

LSD1 is essential for oocyte meiotic progression by regulating CDC25B expression in mice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Mammalian oocytes are arrested at prophase I until puberty when hormonal signals induce the resumption of meiosis I and progression to meiosis II.
Chen, T   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Central Precocious Puberty Following Treatment of Precocious Pseudo-Puberty Caused by Leydig Cell Tumor: A Pediatric Case and Literature Review

open access: yesClinical Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, 2022
Leydig cell tumors can cause precocious puberty in prepubertal males. Radical orchiectomy is the standard therapy for Leydig cell tumors, with a good overall prognosis.
Jeong Ho Ahn   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bone mineral density and body composition in girls with idiopathic central precocious puberty before and after treatment with a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist

open access: yesClinics, 2012
OBJECTIVES: Idiopathic central precocious puberty and its postponement with a (gonadotropin-releasing hormone) GnRH agonist are complex conditions, the final effects of which on bone mass are difficult to define. We evaluated bone mass, body composition,
Sandra B. Alessandri   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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