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Endocrine System Diseases > Gonadal Disorders > Puberty, Delayed

Preferred term

Puberty, Delayed  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Delayed Puberty

Note

  • human only

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 81

In other languages

  • viivästynyt murrosikä

    Finnish

  • försenad pubertet UNS
  • försenad pubertet utan känd orsak
  • myöhäinen puberteetti
  • pubertas tarda
  • pubertas tarda NAS
  • tuntematon myöhäinen puberteetti
  • tuntemattomasta syystä viivästynyt murrosiän kehitys
  • viivästynyt murrosiän kehitys
  • viivästynyt puberteetti
  • Fördröjd pubertet

    Swedish

  • Pubertet, fördröjd

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011628

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