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Evo-devo of human adolescence: beyond disease models of early puberty [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Despite substantial heritability in pubertal development, much variation remains to be explained, leaving room for the influence of environmental factors to adjust its phenotypic trajectory in the service of fitness goals.
A Templeton   +69 more
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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

Substance P regulates puberty onset and fertility in the female mouse [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Puberty is a tightly regulated process that leads to reproductive capacity. Kiss1 neurons are crucial in this process by stimulating GnRH, yet how Kiss1 neurons are regulated remains unknown. Substance P (SP), an important neuropeptide in pain perception,
Carroll, R.S.   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Aвтоимун тироидит по долга употреба на агонист на гонадотропин- ослободувачки хормон како третман за предвремен централен пубертет – приказ на случај [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
There is a small number of studies that have reported abnormalities in endocrine function after a long-term gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) treatment in girls. This treatment is considered as safe and effective by most authors.
Krstevska-Konstantinova, Marina   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source

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

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
doaj  

Enhanced at puberty 1 (EAP1) is a new transcriptional regulator of the female neuroendocrine reproductive axis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The initiation of mammalian puberty and the maintenance of female reproductive cycles are events controlled by hypothalamic neurons that secrete the decapeptide gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH).
Sabine Heger   +56 more
core   +1 more source

Reproductive and developmental effects of phthalate diesters in females. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Phthalate diesters, widely used in flexible plastics and consumer products, have become prevalent contaminants in the environment. Human exposure is ubiquitous and higher phthalate metabolite concentrations documented in patients using medications with ...
Chambers, Christina   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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