3.3 Flashcards

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What is precocious puberty?

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as the onset of secondary sexual development before the age of 8 years in girls and 9 years in boys

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What is Gonadotropin- Dependent Precocious Puberty?

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early maturation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis

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What is Gonadotropin-Independent Precocious Puberty?

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excess secretion of sex hormones from endogenous/exogenous sources or from a tumor

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What is Incomplete Precocious Puberty?

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  • isolated breast development in girls (premature thelarche) or isolated male hormone-mediated sexual characteristics such as pubic/axillary, acne, and apocrine odor, in boys or girls that results from increased adrenal androgen production
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What are the Tanner Signs of Normal Pubertal Development for girls at age 11?

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Breast development (thelarche)
		Pubic hair (pubarche)
		Menarche
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What are the Tanner Signs of Normal Pubertal Development for boys at age 11.5?

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Testicular enlargement
Penile growth
Pubic hair growth

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What is the threshold for evaluation in precocious puberty?

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reserved for white girls who have breast and/or pubic hair development before 7 yrs of age and black girls who have these findings before 6 yrs of age

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Who has higher instances of precocious puberty, girls or boys?

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Girls

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