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Clinical and epidemiological insights into early puberty in Thai girls: a 5-year study [PDF]
Purpose There is growing global concern about the shift to earlier onset of puberty among girls; however, the prevalences of precocious and normal variant puberty among Thai girls are uncertain.
Phattariya Yaisilp+2 more
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Purpose: to determine the relationship between the functional state of the pituitary-thyroid system and the growth hormone/insulin-like growth factor type 1 (GH/IGF-1) system in adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1) during puberty Material &
Svitlana Turchina+4 more
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Central precocious puberty (CPP) results from early activation of the hypothalamic‐pituitary‐gonadal (HPG) axis. The current state of knowledge of the complex neural network acting at the level of the hypothalamus and the GnRH neuron to control puberty ...
L. Maione, C. Bouvattier, U. Kaiser
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Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Examination of Insulin Sensitivity and Secretion across Puberty among Non-Hispanic Black and White Children [PDF]
Background Few studies using criterion measures of insulin sensitivity (SI) and insulin secretory capacity (ISC) have been conducted across puberty to adulthood. We examined how SI and ISC change from pre-puberty through adulthood.
Shannon E. Marwitz+7 more
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The paper presents the selected results of a research study of self-efficacy among students of teacher training for primary schools concerning education on puberty by comparing the Czech Republic and Croatia.
Miluše Rašková+2 more
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Puberty is a process of transition from childhood to adult reproductive capacity, governed by the reactivation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axis after a long period of dormancy in mid‐childhood.
S. Howard
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Background: Puberty is an essential milestone in a person’s life. Studies show that precocious puberty is more common in girls than in boys. Objectives: The aim of this study was to survey the causes of precocious puberty in children referred to the ...
Fatemeh Saffari+2 more
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Puberty is the process of maturation that occurs during adolescence and includes acquisition of secondary sexual characteristics, rapid bone maturation, and acceleration of growth.
Stephen H Bradley+3 more
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Environmental Exposures during Puberty: Window of Breast Cancer Risk and Epigenetic Damage. [PDF]
During puberty, a woman's breasts are vulnerable to environmental damage ("window of vulnerability"). Early exposure to environmental carcinogens, endocrine disruptors, and unhealthy foods (refined sugar, processed fats, food additives) are hypothesized ...
Aljaber, Dana+19 more
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Is precocious puberty linked to hypothalamic expression of arginine-phenylalanine-amide-related peptide? [PDF]
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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