title: [Precocious puberty].
abstract: 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.
authors: Pracownia Ginekologii Wieku Rozwojowego i Seksuologii Kliniki Ginekologii Katedry Perinatologii i Ginekologii Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Poznaniu. grajarz@o2.pl
authors: Grazyna
authors: G
authors: Jarzabek-Bielecka
authors: Katarzyna
authors: K
authors: Warchoł-Biedermann
authors: Elzbieta
authors: E
authors: Sowińska
authors: Katarzyna
authors: K
authors: Wachowiak-Ochmańska
mesh_terms: D000728:Androgens / Q000378:metabolism; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007030:Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008572:Menarche; D010906:Pituitary Hormone-Releasing Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011629:Puberty, Precocious / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012741:Sexual Maturation
chemical_list: D000728:Androgens; D010906:Pituitary Hormone-Releasing Hormones