pseudopuberty

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pseudopuberty /pseu·do·pu·ber·ty/ (-pu´ber-te) development of secondary sex characters and reproductive organs that is not associated with pubertal levels of gonadotropins and gonadotropin-releasing hormone; it may be either heterosexual or isosexual.

precocious pseudopuberty the appearance of some of the secondary sex characters without maturation of the gonads, before the normal age of onset of puberty.

pseudopuberty

[-p(y)o̅o̅′bərtē]

the appearance of somatic and functional changes in an individual before the chronologic age of puberty.

pseudopuberty

The premature development of 2º sexual characteristics, while remaining inconceivable, a phenomenon due to ↑ androgen or estrogen secretion in the face of an immature hypothalamic-adenohypophysial-gonadal axis; pseudopuberty in ♂ infants with Leydig cell tumors is associated with growth of pubic hair and penile enlargement. Cf Puberty.

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puberty			Clinical manifestations of CAH include ambiguous genitalia in girls and precocious pseudopuberty in both sexes resulting from high concentrations of adrenal androgens (simple virilizing form), with additional excessive renal sodium excretion in the salt-wasting form. Rapid second-tier molecular genetic analysis for congenital adrenal ... by Kosel, Siegfried; Burggraf, Siegfried; Fingerhut, Ralph; Dorr, Helmut G.; Roscher, Adelbert A.; Olge / Clinical Chemistry The simple virilizing form is characterized by virilization of the external genitalia in female newborns and by hypocortisolism and precocious pseudopuberty in both sexes, caused by adrenal androgen overproduction. Multiplex minisequencing of the 21-hydroxylase gene as a rapid ... by Krone, Nils; Braun, Andreas; Weinert, Stefanie; Peter, Michael; Roscher, Adelbert A.; Partsch, Carl- / Clinical Chemistry			Pseudophyllidea pseudophyllidean pseudoplague pseudoplatelet pseudoplegia pseudopocket pseudopod pseudopodium pseudopolycoria pseudopolymelia pseudopolyodontia pseudopolyp pseudopolyposis pseudoprecocity pseudopregnancy pseudoprognathism Pseudoprognosis pseudoproptosis pseudopseudofusion beat pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism pseudopsia pseudopsychosis pseudopterygium pseudoptosis pseudoptyalism pseudopuberty pseudorabies Pseudorca pseudoreaction pseudoretinitis pigmentosa pseudorickets pseudorinderpest pseudoringworm pseudorosette pseudorubella pseudosac pseudosarcoma pseudosarcomatous pseudosarcomatous fasciitis pseudoscarlatina Pseudoscent Pseudoscience pseudosclerema pseudosclerosis pseudoscope pseudoseizure pseudosia pseudosmallpox pseudosmia Pseudostertagia bullosa pseudostoma			pseudopregnancy pseudopregnancy pseudopregnancy pseudopregnant pseudopregnant pseudoprimary aldosteronism pseudoprimary aldosteronism pseudoprimary aldosteronism Pseudoprime Pseudoprimes Pseudoprogeria-Hallermann-Streiff pseudoprognathism Pseudoprognosis pseudoproptosis pseudoprostyle pseudoprostyle pseudopseudofusion beat Pseudopseudohypaparathyroidism pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism pseudopsia Pseudopsychopathic personality disorder Pseudopsychopathic personality disorder Pseudopsychopathic personality disorder pseudopsychopathic schizophrenia pseudopsychopathic schizophrenia pseudopsychopathic schizophrenia pseudopsychosis pseudopterygium pseudoptosis pseudoptyalism pseudopuberty Pseudopupa pseudopursuit navigation Pseudopus apodus Pseudorabies Pseudorabies Pseudorabies Pseudorabies virus Pseudorabies virus Pseudorabies Virus Growth Factor pseudorandom Pseudorandom Bit Generator Pseudorandom Bit Stream Pseudorandom Chip Stream Pseudorandom Key Generator Pseudorandom Keystream Pseudorandom noise pseudorandom noise code Pseudorandom Noise Generator Pseudorandom Noise/Number Pseudorandom number Pseudorandom number sequence Pseudorandom numbers Pseudorandom Sequence Generator pseudorandomly Pseudorandomness Pseudorandomness Pseudorca Pseudorca Pseudorca crassidens

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