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. 2025 Jun 1;66(6):338-342.
doi: 10.4103/singaporemedj.SMJ-2022-110. Epub 2025 Jun 13.

Approach to premature thelarche in children

Wen Hann Chow  1 , Kai Xiang Zhang  2 , Wei Keong Daniel Chan  1
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Approach to premature thelarche in children

Wen Hann Chow et al. Singapore Med J. .
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Clinical suspicion in accordance to clinical symptoms and signs of puberty. For example, the presence of height acceleration and signs of oestrogenisation with vaginal discharge makes this suspicion high. B1–B5: breast Tanner staging, PP: precocious puberty.
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