ESPE Abstracts

Central precocious puberty (CPP) is one of the most common pediatric endocrine diseases with an ever increasing incidence. CPP is associated with the loss of final adult height, early menarche, psychological problems and an increased risk of developing diseases in later adulthood such as female reproductive system tumors. The gonadotropin-releasing hormone stimulation test (GnRHST) is the gold standard for the diagnosis of CPP. However, the test is costly and time consuming to...

Background: The gold standard for CPP diagnosis is gonadotropin releasing hormone stimulation test (GnRHST). However, this test is expensive, invasive and inconvenient for screening. Some recent studies have demonstrated that the FMV urinary luteinizing hormone (U-LH) has a strong correlation with LH peak value and serum basal LH, and a high consistency with Tanner staging results, but due to the lack of large-sample, multicenter clinical research data, a form...