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Sexual precocity: clinical profile and laboratory evaluation

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Fifteen children (8 boys and 7 girls) with sexual precocity were evaluated. Idiopathic precocious puberty was the most frequent diagnosis in girls (71·4%), whereas it was uncommon in boys (25%). Hydrocephalus and hypothalamic hamartoma were other causes of central precocity. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) was a frequent (50%) cause of precocity in boys.

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  1. Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

    K. M. Prasanna Kumar, A. C. Ammini, M. L. Khurana, M. G. Karmarkar & M. M. S. Ahuja

  2. Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 110029, New Delhi

    P. S. N. Menon

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Prasanna Kumar, K.M., Ammini, A.C., Menon, P.S.N. et al. Sexual precocity: clinical profile and laboratory evaluation. Indian J Pediatr 54, 897–902 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02761019

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