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Update on the etiology, diagnosis and therapeutic management of sexual precocity.
Arquivos brasileiros de endocrinologia e metabologia - 1 Feb 2008
Brito Vinicius Nahime, Latronico Ana Claudia, Arnhold Ivo J P, Mendonça Berenice Bilharinho
Abstract excerpt
Precocious puberty is defined as the development of secondary sexual characteristics before the age of 8 years in girls and 9 years in boys. Gonadotropin-dependent precocious puberty (GDPP) results from the premature activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis and mimics the physiologic...
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