Journal article
Premature sexual development in individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities
Developmental medicine and child neurology, Vol.41(6), pp.392-395
06/1999
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162299000857
PMID: 10400173
Abstract
Studies on precocious puberty have primarily focused on children with typical patterns of growth and cognitive development. This study reviewed diagnostic data from the records of 15719 patients with neurodevelopmental disabilities for diagnoses associated with premature sexual development/precocious puberty. Thirty-two individuals with premature sexual development were identified, with the earliest changes seen in one girl at 1 year 7 months of age. In this group, the mean age at onset was 7 years 2 months in boys and 5 years 11 months in girls. Central precocious puberty, which was the most common cause of onset of early pubertal changes, was present in 15 of the 32 children. The results of this study suggest that children with a neurodevelopmental disability are at increased risk of premature pubertal changes when compared to children without a neurodevelopmental disability. This study indicates the need for health-care providers to be vigilant in screening for early pubertal changes in children with neurodevelopmental disabilities.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Premature sexual development in individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities
- Creators
- Siraj U Siddiqi - Division of Developmental Disabilities, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Iowa, University Hospital School, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USADon C Van Dyke - Division of Developmental Disabilities, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Iowa, University Hospital School, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USAPatricia Donohoue - Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Iowa, University Hospital School, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USADianne M McBrien - Division of Developmental Disabilities, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Iowa, University Hospital School, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Developmental medicine and child neurology, Vol.41(6), pp.392-395
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- DOI
- 10.1017/S0012162299000857
- PMID
- 10400173
- ISSN
- 0012-1622
- eISSN
- 1469-8749
- Number of pages
- 4
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/1999
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Epidemiology; Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
- Record Identifier
- 9984093459502771
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