Isosexual precocious puberty in a boy with meningomyelocele and cerebral arachnoid cyst.
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Appearance of secondary sexual characteristics before 9 years of age in boys constitutes precocious puberty(l). There are three major types of sexual precocity: true or central, peripheral and combined peripheral and central. Precocious puberty may be isosexual or heterosexual in nature. In this communication we report a case of meningomyelocele who developed isosexual precocious puberty secondary to a cerebral arachnoid cyst.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Indian pediatrics
دوره 32 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1995