Central precocious puberty due to hypothalamic hamartoma in a six-month-old infant girl

Precocious puberty defined as an onset of puberty below eight years in girls and nine years in boys, has an incidence of approximately 1 / 5,000 - 1 / 10,000 subjects with a female / male ratio of 20: 1. It is etiologically classified broadly as central and peripheral. We present to you a case of is...

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Main Authors: Narendra Kotwal, Uday Yanamandra, Anil S Menon, Velu Nair
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
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Online Access:http://www.ijem.in/article.asp?issn=2230-8210;year=2012;volume=16;issue=4;spage=627;epage=630;aulast=Kotwal