Abstract:
:Precocious puberty can be very confusing and frightening to an affected child and his or her family. The following presentation includes the pertinent physiology, psychology, etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of precocious pubertal development. Radioimmunoassays for gonadotropins and several key hormones are now available which enable the clinician to evaluate and follow the patient's condition with confidence and expertise. Three drugs have been proven effective and the most recent one, cyproterone acetate, has produced exciting clinical remissions with virtually no known side effects.
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J Natl Med Assocjournal_title
Journal of the National Medical Associationauthors
Marks SR,Elders MJsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1979-02-01 00:00:00pages
153-9issue
2eissn
0027-9684issn
1943-4693journal_volume
71pub_type
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journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1980-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
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journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
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journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2006-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0027-9684(15)31439-5
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jnma.2019.09.006
更新日期:2019-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1978-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
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更新日期:1995-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1990-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
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更新日期:2005-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/S0027-9684(15)30048-1
更新日期:2015-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1987-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1984-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1998-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1995-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1991-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1980-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1983-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0027-9684(15)30654-4
更新日期:2010-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1981-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1979-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0027-9684(15)31030-0
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journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1994-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1993-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0027-9684(15)30729-x
更新日期:2010-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1993-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1979-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1986-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1983-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
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doi:
更新日期:2008-08-01 00:00:00