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Endocrine Connections, 2021 Background: Animal studies suggest that insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1 ) may influence the function of the hypothalamus–pituitary–testicular axis, especially in childhood, but the evidence in humans is scanty.
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DeckerMed Family Medicine, 2020 Although common, delayed puberty can be distressing to patients and families. Careful assessment is necessary to ensure appropriate physical and social development in patients that require intervention to reach pubertal milestones and achieve optimal growth.
Jessica Schmitt, Paul Boepple
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The Genetic Basis of Delayed Puberty
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2019 Delayed pubertal onset has many etiologies, but on average two-thirds of patients presenting with late puberty have self-limited (or constitutional) delayed puberty. Self-limited delayed puberty often has a strong familial basis.
Sasha R. Howard
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JKKI (Jurnal Kedokteran dan Kesehatan Indonesia), 2022 Puberty is a series of physical development and sexual maturation that aims to achieved reproductive capacity. The hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis has an important role in the normal process of puberty.
Dicky Moch Rizal, Nandia Septiyorini
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Delayed Puberty in Girls with Primary Amenorrhea: A Report of Cases
Journal of Biomedicine and Translational Research, 2021 Background:Female puberty starts when the pituitary hormone producing follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH), which will stimulate the ovaries to produce estrogen.
Fatinah Shahab +4 more
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BMC Public Health, 2017 Background It is well known that excess adiposity during childhood may influence pubertal development. However, the extent to which body compositions vary in throughout puberty in boys and girls is currently unknown.
Fang He +5 more
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Functional hypogonadism in adolescence: an overlooked cause of secondary hypogonadism
Endocrine Connections, 2023 Hypogonadism is a clinical syndrome resulting from failure to produce physiological concentrations of sex steroid hormones with accompanying symptoms, such as slowed growth and delayed pubertal maturation.
Rebeca Esquivel-Zuniga, Alan D Rogol
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Urology Case Reports, 2015 Delayed puberty secondary to hypogonadism is commonly seen in sickle cell disease (SCD), affecting normal growth and development. The condition is rarely treated in SCD for fear of inducing priapism episodes.
Belinda F. Morrison +3 more
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Diagnosis and therapy of Kallmann syndrome in a boy (real case)
Медицинский совет, 2013 Timely and full sexual maturity of child is a challenge for both endocrinologists and general practitioners. Unfortunately, not all parents are aware when children generally reach puberty, so one shouldn’t hope that delayed puberty would be a common ...
O. A. Oganova
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Constitutional delay of growth and puberty in boys: review
Mìžnarodnij Endokrinologìčnij Žurnal, 2019 The review focuses on the diagnosis, clinical and general therapeutic approach to constitutional growth and delayed puberty and hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism in men, which are difficult to distinguish. Clinical history and physical examination should be
A.B. Grossman +4 more
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