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Puberty

Arab countries

• International Journal of Clinical Practice
  • Availability and Access to Medications for Puberty Induction and Maintenance in Adolescents with Hypogonadism in the Arab Region [2022]

• Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • Timing and regimen of puberty induction in children with hypogonadism: a survey on the practice in Arab countries [2020]

Argentina

• Archivos argentinos de pediatría
  • Precocious puberty in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. A survey among Argentine pediatric endocrinologists [2023]

Australia

• Australian Family Physician
  • Growth disorders in adolescents [2017]

Bangladesh

• PLoS ONE
  • Characterization of pubertal development of girls in rural Bangladesh [2021]

Brazil

• Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • Central precocious puberty: revisiting the diagnosis and therapeutic management [2016]

• Revista de Saúde Pública
  • Adapted version of the Pubertal Development Scale for use in Brazil [2019]

Cameroon

• BMC Public Health
  • Knowledge of peri-menarcheal changes and a comparative analysis of the age at menarche among young adolescent school girls in urban and rural Cameroon [2020]

Canada, United States

• Endocrine Practice
  • Practice Variation in the Management of Girls and Boys with Delayed Puberty [2020]

China

• BMJ Open
  • Secular trends for age at spermarche among Chinese boys from 11 ethnic minorities, 1995–2010: a multiple cross-sectional study [2016]

• Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • Secular trends in age at pubertal onset assessed by breast development among Chinese girls: A systematic review [2022]

• Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Long-Term Outcomes of Treatments for Central Precocious Puberty or Early and Fast Puberty in Chinese Girls [2020]

Denmark

• Acta Paediatrica
  • The 2014 Danish references from birth to 20 years for height, weight and body mass index [2014]

• Fertility and Sterility
  • Gender incongruence and timing of puberty: a population-based cohort study [2022]

• JAMA Network Open
  • Trends in the Incidence of Central Precocious Puberty and Normal Variant Puberty Among Children in Denmark, 1998 to 2017 [2020]

Europe

• European Journal of Endocrinology
  • Pubertal induction and transition to adult sex hormone replacement in patients with congenital pituitary or gonadal reproductive hormone deficiency: an Endo-ERN clinical practice guideline [2022]
  • Real-life GH dosing patterns in children with GHD, TS or born SGA: a report from the NordiNet® International Outcome Study [2017]

Germany

• BMJ Paediatrics Open
  • National survey of referrals for precocious puberty in Germany [2023]

• Deutsches Ärzteblatt International
  • Growth and puberty in German children: is there still a positive secular trend? [2009]

India

• Indian Academy of Pediatrics
  • Puberty (Delay/Precocious) [2022]

• Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • Challenges and controversies in diagnosis and management of gonadotropin dependent precocious puberty: An Indian perspective [2015]

Indonesia

• BMC Public Health
  • Trend in age at menarche and its association with body weight, body mass index and non-communicable disease prevalence in Indonesia: evidence from the Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS) [2022]

• International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health
  • Declining age at menarche in Indonesia: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2018]

International

• European Journal of Endocrinology
  • Gonadotropins for pubertal induction in males with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism: systematic review and meta-analysis [2024]

• European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology
  • Availability, Usage, and Preferences of Estradiol and Progestogen Preparations for Puberty Induction from a Multicentral Perspective [2024]

• Hormone Research in Paediatrics
  • Use of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Analogs in Children: Update by an International Consortium [2019]
  • Diagnosis, Genetics, and Therapy of Short Stature in Children: A Growth Hormone Research Society International Perspective [2019]

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Association between Obesity and Puberty Timing: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2017]

• JAMA Pediatrics
  • Worldwide Secular Trends in Age at Pubertal Onset Assessed by Breast Development Among Girls [2020]

• Nutrients
  • Diet and Nutrients Intakes during Infancy and Childhood in Relation to Early Puberty: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2022]

• Scientific Reports
  • Accuracy of doppler assessment of the uterine arteries for the diagnosis of pubertal onset in girls: a scoping review [2023]

Iran

• Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research
  • Menarche age in Iran: A meta-analysis [2014]

• Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
  • Timing of puberty in Iranian girls according to their living area: a national study [2011]

Italy

• Frontiers in Pediatrics
  • Precocious Puberty and Covid-19 Into Perspective: Potential Increased Frequency, Possible Causes, and a Potential Emergency to Be Addressed [2021]

• Heliyon
  • The levelling-off of the secular trend of age at menarche among Italian girls [2020]

Japan

• Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology
  • Onset of puberty and near adult height in short children born small for gestational age and treated with GH: Interim analysis of up to 10 years of treatment in Japan [2015]

Kuwait

• BMC Public Health
  • Age at menarche and its relationship to body mass index among adolescent girls in Kuwait [2013]

Low and middle income countries

• Advances in Nutrition
  • Timing of Pubertal Milestones in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2020]

Netherlands

• Hormone Research in Paediatrics
  • Towards a Rational and Efficient Diagnostic Approach in Children Referred for Tall Stature and/or Accelerated Growth to the General Paediatrician [2019]

New Zealand

• Starship
  • Central precocious puberty - treatment protocol [2020]

Nigeria

• PLoS ONE
  • Gender differentials in the timing and prognostic factors of pubarche in Nigeria [2022]

Norway

• Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Reference Curves for Pediatric Endocrinology: Leveraging Biomarker Z-Scores for Clinical Classifications [2022]

Poland

• Scientific Reports
  • Effect of air pollution on age at menarche in Polish females, born 1993-1998 [2022]

Portugal

• BMC Women's Health
  • Spatio-temporal trends of the age-at-menarche percentiles among Portuguese women since 1920 [2023]

Republic of Korea

• Annals of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • 2022 Clinical practice guidelines for central precocious puberty of Korean children and adolescents [2023]

• Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • Rapid weight gain in early life is associated with central precocious puberty in girls, not in boys - a nationwide population-based study in Korea [2023]

• Frontiers in Pediatrics
  • An increasing tendency of precocious puberty among Korean children from the perspective of COVID-19 pandemic effect [2022]

• Global Health Research and Policy
  • Pubertal development and screen time among South Korean adolescents: testing body mass index and psychological well-being as mediators [2016]

• PLoS ONE
  • Ongoing increasing trends in central precocious puberty incidence among Korean boys and girls from 2008 to 2020 [2023]

• Reproductive Health
  • Age at menarche in Korean adolescents: trends and influencing factors [2016]

Romania

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Secular Trends in Height, Body Mass and Mean Menarche Age in Romanian Children and Adolescents, 1936–2016 [2021]

South Africa

• Journal of Nutrition
  • Pubertal Development and Prepubertal Height and Weight Jointly Predict Young Adult Height and Body Mass Index in a Prospective Study in South Africa [2016]

Spain

• Journal of Endocrinological Investigation
  • Delphi consensus on the diagnosis and treatment of patients with short stature in Spain: GROW-SENS study [2022]

Sweden

• JAMA Pediatrics
  • Secular Trends in Pubertal Growth Acceleration in Swedish Boys Born From 1947 to 1996 [2019]

Syria

• BMC Pediatrics
  • Syrian national growth references for children and adolescents aged 2-20 years [2022]

Taiwan

• Frontiers in Public Health
  • Association of the consumption of common drinks with early puberty in both sexes [2022]

Turkey

• Journal of Clinical Research in Pediatric Endocrinology
  • Puberty and Pubertal Growth in Healthy Turkish Girls: No evidence for secular trend [2008]

United Kingdom

• Archives of Disease in Childhood
  • Early puberty in 11-year-old girls: Millennium Cohort Study findings [2016]

• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
  • Human growth hormone (somatropin) for the treatment of growth failure in children [2010]

• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Sex Steroid Treatment for Pubertal Induction and Replacement in the Adolescent Girl [2013]

United States

• American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Evaluation and Referral of Children With Signs of Early Puberty [2016]

• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
  • Menstruation in Girls and Adolescents: Using the Menstrual Cycle as a Vital Sign [2015]

• American Family Physician
  • Disorders of Puberty: An Approach to Diagnosis and Management [2017]

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Growth Charts

• Frontiers in Pediatrics
  • Gonadotropin-releasing hormone analog therapies for children with central precocious puberty in the United States [2022]

• JAMA Network Open
  • Analysis of Early-Life Growth and Age at Pubertal Onset in US Children [2022]

• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
  • Puberty and Precocious Puberty

• Pediatric Endocrine Society
  • Precocious Puberty and GnRH Analogs: Current Treatment Practices and Perspectives among US Pediatric Endocrinologists [2024]
  • Guidelines for Growth Hormone and Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Treatment in Children and Adolescents: Growth Hormone Deficiency, Idiopathic Short Stature, and Primary Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Deficiency [2016]

WHO

• World Health Organization
  • Growth reference data for 5-19 years

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