The Response to Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone (GnRH) Stimulation Test Does Not Predict the Progression to True Precocious Puberty in Girls With Onset of Premature Thelarche in the First Three Years of Life
Author(s) -
Carla Bizzarri,
Gian Luigi Spadoni,
Giorgia Bottaro,
G Montanari,
Germana Gian,
Marco Cappa,
Stefano Cianfarani
Publication year - 2013
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.2013-3292
Subject(s) - precocious puberty , medicine , basal (medicine) , adrenarche , endocrinology , magnetic resonance imaging , central precocious puberty , luteinizing hormone , gonadotropin releasing hormone , bone age , breast development , hormone , diabetes mellitus , radiology
Premature thelarche in early childhood may evolve into true precocious puberty. The individuation of cases progressing to precocious puberty is challenging.
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