thelarche: First Signs of Puberty Seen in Younger Girls

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*Pubertal Assessment Method and Baseline Characteristics in a Mixed

Longitudinal Study of Girls*

Pediatrics published online August 9, 2010 (10.1542/peds.2009-3079)

[Abstract]

<http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/peds.2009-3079v1>

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*/First Signs of Puberty Seen in Younger Girls/*

By DENISE GRADY

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/09/health/research/09puberty.html

A new study finds that girls are more likely today than in the past to

start developing breasts by age 7 or 8.

The research is just the latest in a flood of reports over the last

decade that have led to concern and heated debate about whether girls

are reaching puberty earlier, and why it might be happening....

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