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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3-4
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-7-15
pubmed:abstractText
Girls suffering from idiopathic central precocious puberty (CPP) may have different levels of estrogenic activity. This study was performed to evaluate the relationship between the estrogenic activity and the hypothalamopituitary activation and the effect of various plasma estradiol (E2) levels on growth, skeletal maturation and plasma insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I). Fifty-eight girls with CPP were divided into 2 groups: group I with E2 less than 25 pg/ml (13 +/- 1 pg/ml, mean +/- SEM, n = 26) and group II with E2 greater than or equal to 25 pg/ml (52 +/- 3 pg/ml, n = 32). The mean ages at onset and at evaluation were lower in group I (5.9 +/- 0.4 and 6.8 +/- 0.4 years) than in group II (6.8 +/- 0.3 and 8.1 +/- 0.2 years, p less than 0.01), but the durations since onset (greater than 0.5 and less than 2 years) in the two groups were similar. The mean peak luteinizing hormone/follicle-stimulating hormone (LH/FSH) ratios were lower in group I (0.8 +/- 0.2) than in group II (1.7 +/- 0.2, p less than 0.001) and correlated with E2 (r = 0.41, p less than 0.01). The mean height gains during the year preceding the initial evaluation were similar in the two groups (8.7 +/- 0.5 vs. 9.2 +/- 0.4 cm). They were independent of the plasma E2 level. Conversely, the mean plasma IGF-I values were lower in group I (2.4 +/- 0.3 U/ml) than in group II (4.2 +/- 0.6 U/ml, p less than 0.01) and correlated with E2 (r = 0.52, p less than 0.01).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0301-0163
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
116-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Idiopathic central precocious puberty in girls as a model of the effect of plasma estradiol level on growth, skeletal maturation and plasma insulin-like growth factor I.
pubmed:affiliation
Unité d'Endocrinologie Pédiatrique, INSERM U 30, Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article