[Precocious puberty]

Ginekol Pol. 2011 Apr;82(4):281-6.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

Precocious puberty is an early sexual maturation before the age of 8 in case of girls and 9 in boys. There are two types: isosexual precocious puberty--characteristic are appropriate for the child's genetic and gonadal sex; and heterosexual precocious puberty--sexual characteristic are inappropriate for the genetic sex (feminizing syndrome in boys or virilizing syndrome in girls). Precocious puberty is an important problem in childhood gynecology pediatrics, endocrinology and psychology.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Androgens / metabolism
  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / metabolism
  • Male
  • Menarche
  • Pituitary Hormone-Releasing Hormones / therapeutic use
  • Puberty, Precocious / classification
  • Puberty, Precocious / diagnosis*
  • Puberty, Precocious / therapy*
  • Sex Characteristics*
  • Sexual Maturation*

Substances

  • Androgens
  • Pituitary Hormone-Releasing Hormones