Low prevalence of organic pathology in a predominantly black population with premature adrenarche: need to stratify definitions and screening protocols

Premature adrenarche has been described as clinical and biochemical hyperandrogenism before the age of 8  years in girls and 9 years in boys and absence of signs of true puberty. Adrenal pathology such as adren...

Source: International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology - March 9, 2020 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Christy Foster, Alicia Diaz-Thomas and Amit Lahoti Tags: Research Source Type: research