Diagnostic Work-Up of 449 Consecutive Girls Who Were Referred to be Evaluated for Precocious Puberty
Author(s) -
Signe Sloth Mogensen,
Lise Aksglæde,
Annette Mouritsen,
Kaspar Sørensen,
Katharina M. Main,
Peter Gideon,
Anders Juul
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2010-2745
Subject(s) - precocious puberty , adrenarche , central precocious puberty , medicine , basal (medicine) , bone age , endocrinology , cohort , breast development , etiology , pediatrics , pubic hair , hormone , insulin
A decrease in age at pubertal onset has been observed internationally. The aim of this study was to describe a large cohort of Caucasian girls referred with signs of early puberty according to etiology and compare biochemical characteristics.
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