hrp0089p3-p297 | Pituitary, Neuroendocrinology and Puberty P3 | ESPE2018
Albayrak Aysun
, Direk Gul
, Uzan Tatlı Zeynep
, Nur Hepokur Merve
, Akın Leyla
, Hatipoğlu Nihal
, Kendirci Mustafa
, Kurtoğlu Selim
Aim: Premature pubarche is defined as the start of axillary and pubic hair before age 9 in boys and 8 in girls. 10 times more common in girls than boys. Central precocious puberty is a condition due to early activation of hypothalamic-pituitary- gonadal axis associated with breast development before age 8 in girls and testicular volume growth before age 9 in boys. Despite this axle is not known exactly which hormones are respnsible for the activation, the role of kisspeptin...