Delayed puberty is when a person lacks or has incomplete development of specific sexual characteristics past the usual age of onset of puberty. The person...

pollution. Puberty that starts earlier than usual is known as precocious puberty, and puberty which starts later than usual is known as delayed puberty. Notable...

precocious puberty can be treated by suppressing the pituitary hormones that induce sex steroid production. The opposite condition is delayed puberty. The term...

estrogens (e.g. estradiol). Puberty blockers are used to delay puberty in children with precocious puberty. They are also used to delay the development of unwanted...

puberty if they lack enlargement of the testicles by age 14. Delayed puberty affects about 2% of adolescents. Most commonly, puberty may be delayed for...

of puberty is not due to a pathologic cause. It is considered a variant of the timeline of puberty. Although more common in boys, girls with delayed puberty...

cause of short stature and delayed puberty. Constitutional Delay of Growth and Adolescence (CDGA) Constitutional Growth Delay (CGD) Idiopathic short stature...

constitutional delay of puberty or a case of KS/CHH. The diagnosis is often one of exclusion found during the workup of delayed puberty. In males, the...

appearance of pubic hair at puberty. It is one of the physical changes of puberty and can occur independently of complete puberty. The early stage of sexual...

stages and thus are not diagnostic for age estimation. Delayed puberty Gonadarche Precocious puberty Pubarche Vellus hair Tanner's stages at Who Named It...