"Puberty, Delayed" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The lack of development of SEXUAL MATURATION in boys and girls at a chronological age that is 2.5 standard deviations above the mean age at onset of PUBERTY in a population. Delayed puberty can be classified by defects in the hypothalamic LHRH pulse generator, the PITUITARY GLAND, or the GONADS. These patients will undergo spontaneous but delayed puberty whereas patients with SEXUAL INFANTILISM will not.
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D011628
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C19.391.690
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Puberty, Delayed" by people in Profiles.
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Understanding the genetic complexity of puberty timing across the allele frequency spectrum. Nat Genet. 2024 Jul; 56(7):1397-1411.
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Noncytotoxic-Related Primary Ovarian Insufficiency in Adolescents: Multicenter Case Series and Review. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2018 Dec; 31(6):597-604.
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Meeting Report: 2016 Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society Boston, MA (April 1-4, 2016) Selected Highlights. Pediatr Endocrinol Rev. 2016 Sep; 14(1):73-86.
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Late endocrine effects of childhood cancer. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2016 06; 12(6):319-36.
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Haploinsufficiency of chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter transcription factor II in female reproduction. Mol Endocrinol. 2005 Sep; 19(9):2299-308.
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Gonadal function of young patients with beta-thalassemia following bone marrow transplantation. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2005 May; 18(5):477-83.
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Late effects in children treated with radiation therapy for Wilms' tumor. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2000 Mar 15; 46(5):1239-46.