"Puberty, Precocious" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D011629
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
C19.391.693
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Puberty, Precocious".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Puberty, Precocious".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Puberty, Precocious" by people in this website by year, and whether "Puberty, Precocious" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 1994 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Puberty, Precocious" by people in Profiles.
-
Normal and Premature Adrenarche. Endocr Rev. 2021 11 16; 42(6):783-814.
-
Consensus statement on the use of gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogs in children. Pediatrics. 2009 Apr; 123(4):e752-62.
-
Thelarche, pubarche, and menarche attainment in children with normal and elevated body mass index. Pediatrics. 2009 Jan; 123(1):84-8.
-
Does a primary acceleration of LH pulse frequency underlie an association between central precocious puberty and polycystic ovary syndrome? Commentary on Escobar ME et al: Acceleration of LH pulse frequency in adolescent girls with a history of central precocious puberty with versus without hyperandrogenism (Horm Res 2007;68:278-285). Horm Res. 2007; 68(6):286-7.
-
Intractable early childhood obesity as the initial sign of insulin resistant hyperinsulinism and precursor of polycystic ovary syndrome. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Jan; 20(1):41-51.
-
Clinical review: Identifying children at risk for polycystic ovary syndrome. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Mar; 92(3):787-96.
-
GnRH agonist stimulation of the pituitary-gonadal axis in children: age and sex differences in circulating inhibin-B and activin-A. Hum Reprod. 2004 Dec; 19(12):2748-58.
-
Current age of onset of puberty. Pediatrics. 2000 Sep; 106(3):622-3.
-
Diagnosis of the polycystic ovary syndrome in adolescence: comparison of adolescent and adult hyperandrogenism. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2000; 13 Suppl 5:1285-9.
-
Response to challenge with gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist in a mother and her two sons with a constitutively activating mutation of the luteinizing hormone receptor--a clinical research center study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1996 Oct; 81(10):3802-6.