Encyclopedia of Diagnostic Imaging

2008 Edition
| Editors: Albert L. Baert

Precocious Puberty

Reference work entry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-35280-8_2017

In a girl, it is defined as the development of secondary sexual characteristics (breast tissue, pubic and axillary hair, external genitalia, and menses) before 8 years of age.

 Genital Tract

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