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is occurring from mid-childhood (adrenarche) resulting in pubic hair development (pubarche). T exerts its effects by binding to the androgen receptor (AR). Activation of the AR by T binding may vary and depends on the free biologically active T
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Introduction Girls with precocious pubarche (PP) (<8 years) tend to develop early and rapidly progressive puberty leading to early menarche (<8 years), to an adult height below the target level, and features of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS
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) Hearing loss d 0.7 (1) 1.2 (1) – Depression 0.7 (1) – 1.8 (1) Menarche, % ( N ) 4.3 (6) 1.2 (1) 8.9 (5) 0.040 a Thelarche, % ( N ) 45.7 (63) 48.8 (40) 41.1 (23) 0.390 Pubarche, % ( N ) 50.7 (70
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with significant percent of cases <2040 nmol/L. a P < 0.05. Discussion This study evaluated the increase in DHEAS until 8 years of age in girls, excluding all girls with pubarche, thelarche, or any sign of activated puberty. At
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.3–9.2 years). The median age of the girls with PA at onset of pubarche and at evaluation was 6.6 years (25–75%; interquartile range (IQR) 6–7.2 years) and 7.1 years (25–75%; IQR 6.3–7.7 years) respectively. BW SDS were similar in both groups as we expected ( P
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childhood with early pubarche and signs of androgen excess, but often goes unnoticed, particularly in boys. This explains the relatively low numbers of diagnosed boys and the unequal sex distribution in various studies ( 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 ). CYP21A2
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been reported before – also in the same cohort of children ( 35 ). In general, higher phthalate levels were associated to a later pubarche and menarche ( 5 , 6 , 35 , 36 ). Also, higher BP-3 levels have been associated to earlier menarche ( 36
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