"Puberty, Precocious" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Development of SEXUAL MATURATION in boys and girls at a chronological age that is 2.5 standard deviations below the mean age at onset of PUBERTY in the population. This early maturation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis results in sexual precocity, elevated serum levels of GONADOTROPINS and GONADAL STEROID HORMONES such as ESTRADIOL and TESTOSTERONE.
| Descriptor ID |
D011629
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C19.391.693
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Early maturation as a risk factor for aggression and delinquency in adolescent girls: A review. Int J Clin Pract. 2006 Oct; 60(10):1254-62.