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      Pronounced Adrenarche and Precocious Pubarche in Boys

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          In girls, pronounced adrenarche with precocious pubarche (PP) has been related to reduced fetal growth and to a cluster of endocrine-metabolic abnormalities. We examined whether these associations are also evident in boys with PP. The study population consisted of matched groups of boys (n = 58; age range 5–15 years) without or with a history of PP. After stratification for pubertal development, non-PP and PP boys displayed comparable results for the studied variables, including serum insulin-like growth factor I, sex hormone binding globulin, insulin-like growth factor binding proteins 1 and 3, indices of circulating glucose and insulin responsiveness to an oral glucose load, and birth weight SD score. In conclusion, the present results indicate that adrenarche-driven PP in boys is, in contrast to PP in girls, not associated with a cluster of endocrine-metabolic abnormalities and is not related to reduced fetal growth. These observations support the view that adrenarche-driven PP in boys may be regarded as a variant of normal development.

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              Androgens and Fetal Growth

              Boys are heavier than girls at term birth. Children with a 46,XY karyotype and androgen insensitivity syndrome (clinically complete form and/or proven mutations in the androgen receptor gene) were found to have a birth weight comparable to that of girls. These findings support the hypothesis that the difference in birth weight between boys and girls is generated by androgen action.
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                Journal
                HRE
                Horm Res Paediatr
                10.1159/issn.1663-2818
                Hormone Research in Paediatrics
                S. Karger AG
                1663-2818
                1663-2826
                1999
                May 1999
                02 November 1999
                : 51
                : 5
                : 238-241
                Affiliations
                aHospital Materno-Infantil Vall d’Hebron, Autonomous University of Barcelona, bHospital Sant Joan de Dèu, University of Barcelona, Spain; cUniversity of Leuven, Belgium
                Article
                23377 Horm Res 1999;51:238–241
                10.1159/000023377
                10559668
                1d4ef6e0-0df3-4023-a63e-97837706371b
                © 1999 S. Karger AG, Basel

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                Tables: 2, References: 30, Pages: 4
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                Endocrinology & Diabetes,Neurology,Nutrition & Dietetics,Sexual medicine,Internal medicine,Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical medicine
                Growth,Pubarche,Adrenarche,Fetus,Adrenal gland

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