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Clinical Profile of Adolescents With Delayed Puberty

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One year study on forty-eight adolescents with delayed puberty revealed etiology of constitutional delay, hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism (HH), hypergonadotrophic hypogonadism, chronic systemic disease, hypothyroidism and sex reversal in 14(29.2%), 13 (27%), 12 (25%), 5 (10.4%), 3 (6.3%) and 1 (2.1 %) cases, respectively. Earlier presentation, male preponderance, significant normal variants and utility of GnRH analogue testing observed.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Mehta Multispeciality Hospitals India Pvt Ltd, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

    Aarthe Selvaraj, Hemchand Krishna Prasad, Kannan Narayanasamy & Nedunchelian Krishnamoorthy

  2. Department of Radiology, Mehta Multispeciality Hospitals India Pvt Ltd, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

    Anand Thiagarajan

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Mehta Multispeciality Hospitals IEC; No. IRB-MCH/10/2017, dated April 4, 2018.

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HKP, NK, KN: clinical management; AS: data collection; AT: bone age assessment and ultrasound performance. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Selvaraj, A., Prasad, H.K., Narayanasamy, K. et al. Clinical Profile of Adolescents With Delayed Puberty. Indian Pediatr 58, 684–685 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-021-2266-7

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