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  1. Precocious puberty - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Jul 19, 2023 · Precocious puberty is when children's bodies begin to change into adult bodies too soon. This change is known as puberty. Most of the time, puberty occurs after age 8 in girls …

  2. Precocious Puberty - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf

    Jul 4, 2023 · Precocious puberty is an early onset of puberty and secondary sexual characteristics in children. It is a very challenging diagnosis as the differential varies from benign variants to …

  3. Causes and Consequences of Early Puberty - WebMD

    Sep 26, 2023 · Precocious puberty, also known as early puberty, is when a child's body starts to go through the change into an adult body too soon. Puberty starts on average in girls between …

  4. Precocious Puberty - Early Puberty: Symptoms & Causes

    The signs and symptoms of precocious puberty in both sexes include acne, body odor and a growth spurt. Precocious puberty also causes sexual characteristics to develop early.

  5. Precocious Puberty - Stanford Medicine Children's Health

    Puberty that happens early is called precocious puberty. This means a child's physical signs of sexual maturity develop too soon. This includes breast growth, pubic hair, and voice changes. …

  6. Precocious Early Puberty - Boston Children's Hospital

    When a child enters puberty (the process of becoming sexual mature) too early, it’s called precocious puberty, or early puberty. Children experiencing the condition develop early sexual …

  7. Precocious Puberty: Symptoms, Types, Treatment, and More

    Dec 3, 2018 · Precocious puberty, or early onset puberty, means a boy or girl has started to mature sexually too early. In general, it refers to girls who start to develop sexual …

  8. Precocious puberty - Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment | BMJ …

    May 23, 2023 · Precocious puberty should be considered when secondary sexual characteristics appear before 8 years of age in girls and 9 years in boys. It results in accelerated bone …

  9. Definition, etiology, and evaluation of precocious puberty

    May 6, 2024 · Precocious puberty is the onset of pubertal development at an age that is 2 to 2.5 standard deviations (SD) earlier than population norms. The cause of precocious puberty may …

  10. Precocious Puberty - Johns Hopkins Medicine

    Precocious puberty means sexual development that begins prematurely, before age 8 in girls and before age 9 in boys.

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