Precocious puberty
Jarzabek-Bielecka, G.; Warchoł-Biedermann, K.; Sowińska, E.; Wachowiak-Ochmańska, K.
Ginekologia Polska 82(4): 281-286
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 0017-0011 PMID: 21735696 Document Number: 650116
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.