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Precocious puberty in girls adopted from developing countries
  1. Raffaele Virdisa,
  2. Maria E Streeta,
  3. Maria Zampollia,
  4. Giorgio Radettib,
  5. Barbara Pezzinic,
  6. Marzia Benellia,
  7. Lucia Ghizzonia,
  8. Cecilia Voltaa
  1. aDepartment of Paediatrics, University of Parma, Italy, bDepartment of Paediatrics, Regional Hospital, Bolzano, Italy, cDepartment of Gynaecology, St Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy
  1. Dr R Virdis, Istituto Policattedra di Pediatria, Via Gramsci 14, 43100 Parma, Italy.

Abstract

Nineteen girls adopted from developing countries were referred for signs of idiopathic precocious puberty. After adoption, the catch up in linear and weight growth, together with improved nutritional and psychological conditions, may trigger the onset of puberty. Precocious puberty is a frequent and unnatural event in these girls. Treatment with gonadotrophin releasing analogues is indicated in patients diagnosed early, and when height prediction is poor.

  • precocious puberty
  • developing countries
  • adoption
  • gonadotrophin releasing hormone analogues

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