Transient pseudo-precocious puberty by probable oestrogen intake in 3 girls

1 December 1982

journal article
case report
Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood

Vol. 57 (12) , 954-956
https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.57.12.954

Abstract

We report the clinical and laboratory findings in 3 prepubertal girls with transient signs of sexual precocity. Accidental oestrogen intake from contaminated food was the most likely cause, the luteinsing hormone—releasing hormone test showing suppressed secretion of follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinsing hormone at the time of maximal oestrogenisation.

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