"Puberty, Precocious" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Development of SEXUAL MATURATION in boys and girls at a chronological age that is 2.5 standard deviations below the mean age at onset of PUBERTY in the population. This early maturation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis results in sexual precocity, elevated serum levels of GONADOTROPINS and GONADAL STEROID HORMONES such as ESTRADIOL and TESTOSTERONE.
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D011629
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C19.391.693
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Puberty, Precocious" by people in Profiles.
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Associations Between Childhood Obesity and Pubertal Timing Stratified by Sex and Race/Ethnicity. Am J Epidemiol. 2022 11 19; 191(12):2026-2036.
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Breastfeeding and timing of pubertal onset in girls: a multiethnic population-based prospective cohort study. BMC Pediatr. 2019 08 09; 19(1):277.
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Early puberty, negative peer influence, and problem behaviors in adolescent girls. Pediatrics. 2014 Jan; 133(1):7-14.
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Does neighborhood environment influence girls' pubertal onset? findings from a cohort study. BMC Pediatr. 2012 Mar 13; 12:27.
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Hormone-containing hair product use in prepubertal children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2002 Jan; 156(1):85-6.