Precocious Puberty / Disease

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Precocious Puberty

Synonyms of Precocious Puberty

Familial Testotoxicosis
Gonadotropin-Independent Familial Sexual Precocity
Pubertas Praecox

Disorder Subdivisions

Central Precocious Puberty
Gonadotropin-Dependent Precocious Puberty
Gonadotropin-Independent Precocious Puberty
Heterosexual Precocious Puberty
Idiopathic Precocious Puberty
Isosexual Precocious Puberty
Male-Limited Precocious Puberty
Peripheral Precocious Puberty
True Precocious Puberty

General Discussion

Precocious Puberty means an abnormally early onset of puberty. A sequence of events occurs during which a child develops into a young adult beginning at an unexpectedly early age. Glands that secrete growth and sex hormones begin to function abnormally early in life resulting in this condition. Often, the exact cause of Precocious Puberty is not known.

Precocious puberty (PP) is a statistical definition; that is, it is the onset of secondary sexual characteristics in children at an age that is two standard deviations younger than the mean age of pubertal onset. The actual age that defines sexual precocity is therefore dependent on the epidemiological data that one uses to define the average age of pubertal onset.

Organizations related to Precocious Puberty

Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Trust (New Zealand)
PO Box 29-545
Christchurch None 8005
Phone #: +64- 3 -3584 507
800 #: N/A
e-mail: [email protected]
Home page: N/A
MAGIC Foundation for Children's Growth
6645 W. North Avenue
Oak Park IL 60302
Phone #: 708-383-0808
800 #: 800-362-4423
e-mail: [email protected]
Home page: http://www.magicfoundation.org
MUMS (Mothers United for Moral Support, Inc) National Parent-to-Parent Network
150 Custer Court
Green Bay WI 54301-1243
Phone #: 920-336-5333
800 #: 877-336-5333
e-mail: [email protected]
Home page: http://www.netnet.net/mums/
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
1275 Mamaroneck Avenue
White Plains NY 10605
Phone #: 914-428-7100
800 #: 888-663-4637
e-mail: [email protected]
Home page: http://www.marchofdimes.com
NIH/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
31 Center Dr
Bethesda MD 20892
Phone #: 301-496-5133
800 #: --
e-mail: N/A
Home page: http://www.nichd.nih.gov/
National Adrenal Diseases Foundation
505 Northern Boulevard
Great Neck NY 11021
Phone #: 516-487-4992
800 #: --
e-mail: [email protected]
Home page: http://www.medhelp.org/nadf

For a Complete Report

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