‘Management of Hypogonadism From Birth to Adolescence’ for Best Practice and Research Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Management of patients with hypogonadism is dependent on the underlying cause. Whilst functional hypogonadism presenting as delayed puberty in adolescence is relatively common, permanent hypogonadism presenting in infancy or adolescence is unusual. The main differential diagnoses of delayed puberty include self-limited delayed puberty (DP), idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (IHH) and hypergonadotropic hypogonadism. Treatment of self-limited DP involves expectant observation or short courses of low dose sex steroid supplementation.
Source: Best Practice and Research. Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism - Category: Endocrinology Authors: Source Type: research