NORMAL AND ALMOST NORMAL PRECOCIOUS VARIATIONS IN PUBERTAL DEVELOPMENT PREMATURE PUBARCHE AND PREMATURE THELARCHE REVISITED

Premature pubarche, premature thelarche and complete precocious pubert y are usually simply normal phenomena occurring at an early age. This is not necessarily the case, however, and they may sometimes be harbin gers of reproductive endocrine disturbances in adulthood. Consequently , girls with these complaints cannot be entirely reassured that they a re of no consequence, and they should be followed to ascertain whether pubertal reproductive function is eventually normal.