PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY IN GIRLS ADOPTED FROM DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES

Authors
VIRDIS R STREET ME ZAMPOLLI M RADETTI G PEZZINI B BENELLI M GHIZZONI L VOLTA C
Citation
R. Virdis et al., PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY IN GIRLS ADOPTED FROM DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES, Archives of Disease in Childhood, 78(2), 1998, pp. 152-154
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
Archives of Disease in Childhood → ACNP
ISSN journal
00039888
Volume
78
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
152 - 154
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9888(1998)78:2<152:PPIGAF>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Nineteen girls adopted from developing countries were referred for sig ns of idiopathic precocious puberty. After adoption, the catch up in l inear and weight growth, together with improved nutritional and psycho logical conditions, may trigger the onset of puberty. Precocious puber ty is a frequent and unnatural event in these girls. Treatment with go nadotrophin releasing analogues is indicated in patients diagnosed ear ly, and when height prediction is poor.