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Timing della pubertà: variabilità e secular trend

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La variabilità interindividuale del timing della pubertà è ampia e risulta influenzata da fattori genetici e ambientali quali nutrizione, eventi stressanti e contaminanti. Tra la metà dell’Ottocento e la metà del Novecento si è osservato nei Paesi industrializzati un trend secolare di anticipo puberale, che pare essersi arrestato negli ultimi decenni, mentre risulta ancora in atto nei Paesi poveri. Alcune evidenze sarebbero a favore di un progressivo anticipo del telarca a fronte di una stabilità del menarca.

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  1. UO di Pediatria Universitaria, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria S. Anna, Ferrara, Italia

    Sara Ciccone

  2. UOC di Endocrinologia e Diabetologia, Dipartimento Universitario Ospedaliero, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, Piazza S. Onofrio 4, 00165, Roma, Italia

    Marco Cappa

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Ciccone, S., Cappa, M. Timing della pubertà: variabilità e secular trend . L'Endocrinologo 15, 151–157 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40619-014-0051-8

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