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MicroorganismsThe gut microbiota has been implicated in the context of sexual maturation during puberty, with discernible differences in its composition before and after this critical developmental stage.
Min Yue, Lei Zhang
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The effect of environmental factors on precocious puberty in children: a case–control study
BMC Pediatrics, 2023 Background Recently the prevalence of precocious puberty development is increasing among Chinese children. Proper understanding of the risk factors for precocious puberty in children is pivotal as could help to improve children's health.
Francis Manyori Bigambo +6 more
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BMJ, 2020 Puberty is an important process in the development of all children during which a series of hormonal changes take place resulting in the appearance of secondary sexual characteristics and an immature child changes into a fertile adult.
Stephen H, Bradley +3 more
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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022 Objective To compared the incidence rates and clinical features of precocious girls before and during the COVID-19 pandemic among Shanghai school-aged girls, and explored the potential mechanisms. Methods This cross-sectional study collected medical data
Yao Chen +2 more
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BMC MicrobiologyObjective To explore the distribution and differences in the intestinal microbiota in girls with obesity-related precocious puberty and the relationship between intestinal microbiota and obesity-related precocious puberty.
Li Wang +10 more
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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022 ObjectiveWe sought to investigate the prevalence of precocious puberty in children aged 6–10 years in Qufu City, Shandong Province, China.MethodsA total of 5,169 primary school students from grades 1–3 were recruited by population-based multi-stage ...
Yawen Zhang +14 more
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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 ...
Umesh Bahadur Singh +3 more
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The incidence of early and precocious puberty of children in two Chinese cities: a multi-center prospective cohort study [PDF]
BMC Endocrine DisordersBackground There are no population-based school cohort studies reporting the incidence of early and precocious puberty in China. This study aims to determine the incidence of early and precocious puberty in China.
Yang Chen +6 more
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Association between MKRN3 and LIN28B polymorphisms and precocious puberty
BMC Genetics, 2018 Background The present study aimed to investigate the association between MKRN3 and LIN28B gene polymorphisms and precocious puberty in Korean boys and girls.
Bo Ram Yi +9 more
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