What Primary Care Providers Need to Know About Precocious Puberty
What Primary Care Providers Need to Know About Precocious Puberty https://pediatricsnationwide.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/AdobeStock_145788090-1024x683.png 1024 683 Katie Brind'Amour, PhD, MS, CHES https://pediatricsnationwide.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Katie-B-portrait.gif
PCPs are the first line of defense in recognizing and referring possible cases of precocious puberty to endocrinologists for formal diagnosis and treatment. Precocious puberty — signs of the onset of puberty before the age of 8 in girls and 9 in boys — affects less than 1% of children in the United States, and…