title: Clinical diagnosis of disorders of puberty.
abstract: The authors emphasize the orderly sequence of events (consonance) characteristic of normal puberty. Loss of consonance of normal puberty indicates an underlying endocrine disorder.
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications; D000293:Adolescent; D001827:Body Height; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003480:Cushing Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000150:complications; D007713:Klinefelter Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D010901:Pituitary Function Tests; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D011628:Puberty, Delayed / Q000209:etiology*; D011629:Puberty, Precocious / Q000209:etiology*; D012741:Sexual Maturation