title: [Study on cases of precocious puberty].
abstract: Two boys and one girl with idiopathic precocious puberty were treated with medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) for 2 years and 2 months to 9 years and 5 months, and its efficiency was evaluated. Treatment with MPA suppressed the gonadotropin levels, the signs and symptoms of patients with precocious puberty, and also had a suppressive effect on bone-age advance, so these patients showed almost normal growth in height. There has been controversy about the age when treatment for idiopathic precocious puberty should be finished. Our data suggested that the treatment should be stopped at 11-13 years when patients reach the age of puberty.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Sapporo Medical College.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nanbu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kumamoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Maruta
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000365:Age Determination by Skeleton; D000367:Age Factors; D001827:Body Height; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000097:blood; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008525:Medroxyprogesterone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D017258:Medroxyprogesterone Acetate; D011629:Puberty, Precocious / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D013739:Testosterone; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone; D017258:Medroxyprogesterone Acetate; D008525:Medroxyprogesterone