ArticleGlobal pediatric health2022
Increased Incidence of Precocious Puberty in Girls During COVID-19 Pandemic: Early Indicator of the Upcoming Childhood Metabolic Syndrome Pandemic?
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- Comparison of central precocious puberty frequency before and during COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC endocrine disorders · 2024Pooled it
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on School-Based Scoliosis Screening Program in South Korea.Neurospine · 2025Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the incidence of central precocious puberty: A PRISMA-ScR-COMPLIANT scoping review.Archives of endocrinology and metabolism · 2025Article
- Back to normal? A retrospective study on stimulation test and endocrinological diagnosis before, during and after COVID-19 pandemics.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Article
- Impact of dietary patterns on body weight in girls with central precocious puberty treated with leuprolide during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Central Precocious Puberty During the COVID-19 Pandemic Period: A Systematic Review of Literature.Cureus · 2024Review
- Precocious Puberty Diagnoses Spike, COVID-19 Pandemic, and Body Mass Index: Findings From a 4-year Study.Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2023Article
- Precocious puberty under stressful conditions: new understanding and insights from the lessons learnt from international adoptions and the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Review
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Abstract
To evaluate retrospectively the incidence of central precocious puberty (CPP) during the COVID 19 lockdown and comparing the data with the corresponding data from the previous 2 years. The study included 23 girls with CPP and 14 patients with early puberty. Nineteen patients were newly diagnosed with CPP compared to 4 patients diagnosed with CPP during the previous 2 years. The number of new patients diagnosed with CPP was significantly higher than the mean during the previous 2 years (
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