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. 2012 Dec;16(Suppl 2):S188-91.
doi: 10.4103/2230-8210.104036.

Precocious puberty in girls

Sachin Chittwar  1 , Shivprakash, A C Ammini
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Precocious puberty in girls

Sachin Chittwar et al. Indian J Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Dec.

Abstract

Precocious puberty in girls can be due to number of factors of which idiopathic central precocious puberty is the most common etiology. Here, we describe 3 cases of precocious puberty where the first case had premature thelarche in the background history of mother with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, cases 2 and 3 had ovarian tumours with heterogeneity in presentation.

Keywords: Precocious puberty; girls; idiopathic; ovarian tumours.

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