Disorders of Puberty in Severely Neurologically Impaired Children: Is Delayed Puberty an Underestimated Problem?

Disorders of Puberty in Severely Neurologically Impaired Children: Is Delayed Puberty an Underestimated Problem?

Introduction: In children with disabilities, precocious puberty (PP) has been reported, however there is a paucity of studies on delayed puberty (DP) in neurologically impaired (NI) children.Patients and Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 65 patients with severe disabilities (6–18 years). DP was...

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Main Authors: Valeria Calcaterra, Hellas Cena, Annalisa De Silvestri, Marco Di Mitri, Gloria Pelizzo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Subjects:
children
disability
delayed puberty
malnutrition
adolescents
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fped.2019.00462/full

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