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Central precocious puberty due to hypothalamic hamartoma in neurofibromatosis type 1

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  1. Pediatric Neurology Unit and Laboratories, Anna Meyer Children’s Hospital, Viale Pieraccini 24, 50139, Florence, Italy

    Emanuele Bartolini MD

  2. Stella Maris Foundation, Calambrone, Pisa, Italy

    Emanuele Bartolini MD

  3. Health Sciences Department, University of Florence, Anna Meyer Children’s University Hospital, Florence, Italy

    Stefano Stagi & Perla Scalini

  4. Quantitative and Functional Neuroradiology Research Program at Anna Meyer Children’s and Careggi University Hospitals, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

    Andrea Bianchi & Mario Mascalchi

  5. Medical Physics Unit, Anna Meyer Children’s University Hospital, Florence, Italy

    Antonio Ciccarone

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Bartolini, E., Stagi, S., Scalini, P. et al. Central precocious puberty due to hypothalamic hamartoma in neurofibromatosis type 1. Hormones 15, 144–146 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03401416

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