 Puberty, Delayed
"Puberty, Delayed" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The lack of development of SEXUAL MATURATION in boys and girls at a chronological age that is 2.5 standard deviations above the mean age at onset of PUBERTY in a population. Delayed puberty can be classified by defects in the hypothalamic LHRH pulse generator, the PITUITARY GLAND, or the GONADS. These patients will undergo spontaneous but delayed puberty whereas patients with SEXUAL INFANTILISM will not.
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D011628
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C19.391.690
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Puberty, Delayed" by people in Profiles.
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Berenbaum SA, Beltz AM, Corley R. The importance of puberty for adolescent development: conceptualization and measurement. Adv Child Dev Behav. 2015; 48:53-92.
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Williams PL, Abzug MJ, Jacobson DL, Wang J, Van Dyke RB, Hazra R, Patel K, Dimeglio LA, McFarland EJ, Silio M, Borkowsky W, Seage GR, Oleske JM, Geffner ME. Pubertal onset in children with perinatal HIV infection in the era of combination antiretroviral treatment. AIDS. 2013 Jul 31; 27(12):1959-70.
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Schweiger BM, Snell-Bergeon JK, Roman R, McFann K, Klingensmith GJ. Menarche delay and menstrual irregularities persist in adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Reprod Biol Endocrinol. 2011 May 06; 9:61.
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Olson CA, Crudo DF. Pubertal delay, hypokalemia, and hypertension caused by a rare form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2011 Apr; 24(2):e29-31.
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Colombani M, Cau D, Sapin E, Huet F, Faivre L. Fourth case of uterine aplasia, ovarian dysgenesis, amenorrhea and impuberism: a variant of Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome. Acta Paediatr. 2007 Sep; 96(9):1371-2.
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