Pubertal delay

Pubertal delay

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Delayed onset of puberty is considered 14 years old in girls and 15 years old in boys. Most frequently, the delay is due to a constitutional, non-pathologic delay in growth and puberty.

Differential Diagnosis of Causes of Pubertal delay

In alphabetical order:

• Anorexia Nervosa
• Cardiac conditions
• Celiac Sprue
• Chronic infection
• Chronic metabolic disorder
• Chronic Renal Failure
• Cushing syndrome
• Heavy physical excercise
• Hyperprolactinemia
• Hypothyroidism
• Iatrogenic
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Kallmann's Syndrome
• Kleinfelter's syndrome (Boys)
• Malignancy
• Malnutrition
• Multiple tropic hormone deficiency
• Noonan's Syndrome
• Prader-Willi Syndrome
• Somatotropin deficiency
• Turner's syndrome(Girls)

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