Precocious puberty laboratory findings
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Overview
Laboratory Findings
Patients with precocious puberty have elevated secretion of sex hormones by the gonads or adrenal glands.[1]
Laboratory findings consistent with the diagnosis of precocious puberty include :"How do health care providers diagnose precocious puberty & delayed puberty? | NICHD - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development".
- LH (luteinizing hormone) .
- FSH follicle-stimulating hormone
- Estradiol
- Testosterone
- DHEAS(dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate)
- Thyroid hormones
References
- ↑ Chauhan A, Grissom M (2013). "Disorders of childhood growth and development: precocious puberty". FP Essent. 410: 25–31. PMID 23869392.