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MeSH Heading: Puberty, Precocious
Tree Number(s): C19.391.693
Unique ID: D011629
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011629
Annotation: human only
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Familial Precocious Puberty; Idiopathic Sexual Precocity; Precocious Puberty; Precocious Puberty, Central; Precocious Puberty, Male Limited; Precocious Puberty, Male-Limited; Pubertas Praecox; Sexual Precocity; Testotoxicosis
NLM Classification #: WS 450
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/02/28

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