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Premature adrenarche.
Archives of disease in childhood - 1 Mar 2012
Williams Rachel M, Ward Caleb E, Hughes Ieuan A
Abstract excerpt
Premature adrenarche refers to the presence of secondary sexual hair in girls younger than 8 years old and boys younger than 9 years old. It is a relatively common presentation to paediatricians and is more frequent in girls than boys. It is a benign diagnosis, but other causes of androgen excess such as congenital adrenal hyperplasia or adrenal tumours should be excluded first. In conjunction with history and...
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