Premature menarche--a legend or a defined clinical syndrome

Endokrynol Pol. 1992;43(4):475-9.

Abstract

The properness of diagnosing the premature menarche as isolated clinical syndrome is often questioned. A long-term observation od 2 girls with premature menarche has been described. A discussion is presented about the role of imbalance within the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonads axis and the role of disturbances in peripheral responsiveness to sex hormones in the patho-mechanism of premature menarche.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Age Determination by Skeleton
  • Body Height
  • Bone Development
  • Child Development / physiology
  • Estradiol / blood
  • Female
  • Follicle Stimulating Hormone / blood
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Luteinizing Hormone / blood
  • Menarche / physiology*
  • Puberty, Precocious / diagnosis*
  • Puberty, Precocious / physiopathology

Substances

  • Estradiol
  • Luteinizing Hormone
  • Follicle Stimulating Hormone