A Practical Approach to Precocious Puberty

A case study of an otherwise healthy 7-year-old African American girl diagnosed with idiopathic precocious puberty is presented. She was started on leuprolide, a gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) analog. At 6- and 12-month follow-up, the FSH and LH response to GnRH stimulation is suppressed and...

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Published in:Clinical pediatrics 2007-05, Vol.46 (4), p.299-306
Main Authors: Nield, Linda S., Cakan, Nedim, Kamat, Deepak
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African Americans
Algorithms
Child
Children & youth
Clinical Laboratory Techniques
Drug therapy
Female
Fertility Agents, Female - therapeutic use
Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone - analogs & derivatives
Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone - therapeutic use
Growth hormones
Humans
Leuprolide - therapeutic use
Medical treatment
Pediatrics
Physical Examination - methods
Puberty
Puberty, Precocious - diagnosis
Puberty, Precocious - drug therapy
Puberty, Precocious - physiopathology
Risk Factors
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Summary:A case study of an otherwise healthy 7-year-old African American girl diagnosed with idiopathic precocious puberty is presented. She was started on leuprolide, a gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) analog. At 6- and 12-month follow-up, the FSH and LH response to GnRH stimulation is suppressed and growth rate has decreased appropriately.
ISSN:0009-9228
1938-2707
DOI:10.1177/0009922806292029