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Friday, October, 23, 2009

What Is Precocious Puberty

Health Encyclopedia: Precocious Puberty

Alternative Names

Pubertas praecox


Prevention


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Health Guide

Precocious puberty
Pubertas praecox Symptoms Signs and tests Blood hormone levels, computerized brain scans, and abdominal scans are often used to... Read more »
Testosterone
Serum testosterone Normal Values Male: 300-1,000 ng/dl Female: 20-80 ng/dl Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different... Read more »
Precocious puberty
Puberty is the period in life when the body changes rapidly and develops reproductive capability. Precocious puberty is premature development of body characteristics that normally... Read more »
Precocious puberty
Pubertas praecox Treatment Medications can temporarily suppress sexual hormone secretion. Some tumors require surgical removal. Support... Read more »
LH blood test
ICSH; Luteinizing hormone Normal Values Normal adult male: 7 to 24 IU/L Normal adult female: 5 to 20 IU/L, with the midcycle peak about 3... Read more »

Medications

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...urination. Leuprolide is also used to stop early puberty (precocious puberty) in... Read more »

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