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Delayed puberty
Delayed puberty: Introduction
Delayed puberty: A lack of sexual maturation in an adolescent at an age significantly higher than the average age that child of that epidemiology attains puberty. See free access online books about Delayed puberty below. See detailed information below for a list of 249 causes of Delayed puberty, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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Causes of Delayed puberty:
The following medical conditions are some of the possible
causes of Delayed puberty.
There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor
about your symptoms.
- Constitutional delay of growth and development
- Crohn's disease
- Anorexia
- Bulimia nervosa
- Low body weight (see Weight loss)
- Excessive exercise (see Exercise symptoms)
- Hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism
- Central nervous system tumours (see Brain tumor)
- Radiation therapy
- Head trauma
- Pituitary adenoma (type of Adenoma)
- Kallman's syndrome
- Adrenal failure
- Cytotoxic drugs
- Gonadal dysgenesis
- Turner's Syndrome (in females)
- Autoimmune ovarian failure (in females)
- Prader-Willi Syndrome (in males)
- Lack of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone
- Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome
- Prader-Willi syndrome
- Lyndi's syndrome
- Craniopharyngioma (type of Brain cancer)
- Chromophobe adenoma
- Prolactinoma
- Optic chiasma glioma
- Meningioma
- Trauma
- Vascular lesions
- Granulomas
- more causes...»
See full list of 249 causes of Delayed puberty
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Causes of Types of Delayed puberty:
Review causes of types of Delayed puberty in more specific categories:
- Delayed puberty in children (33 causes)
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See full list of 1 types for Delayed puberty
Delayed puberty: Symptom Checker
Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Delayed puberty, as listed in our database. Visit the Symptom Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.
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- Delayed puberty and Puberty symptoms (138 causes)
- Delayed puberty and Infant symptoms (119 causes)
- Delayed puberty and Growth symptoms (118 causes)
- Delayed puberty and Poor growth (116 causes)
- Delayed puberty and Head symptoms (115 causes)
- Delayed puberty and Body symptoms (114 causes)
- Delayed puberty and Face symptoms (104 causes)
- Delayed puberty and Sexual symptoms (97 causes)
- Delayed puberty and Short stature (90 causes)
- Delayed puberty and Behavioral symptoms (88 causes)
- Delayed puberty and Personality symptoms (88 causes)
- Delayed puberty and Developmental problems (85 causes)
- Delayed puberty and Weight symptoms (84 causes)
- Delayed puberty and Muscle symptoms (80 causes)
- Delayed puberty and Mouth symptoms (73 causes)
- Delayed puberty and Nerve symptoms (73 causes)
- Delayed puberty and Swelling symptoms (72 causes)
- Delayed puberty and Sensations (70 causes)
- Delayed puberty and Muscle weakness (68 causes)
- Delayed puberty and Weakness (66 causes)
- more...»
See full list of 2990 Symptom Checker combinations related to Delayed puberty
Causes of General Symptom Types
Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:
- Puberty symptoms (166 causes)
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Delayed puberty
Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Delayed puberty:
- Delayed menstruation
- Menarche
- Constitutional delay of growth and development
- Crohn's disease
- Anorexia (283 causes)
- Bulimia nervosa
- Low body weight
- Excessive exercise
- Hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism
- Central nervous system tumours
- Radiation therapy
- Head trauma (8 causes)
- Pituitary adenoma
- more symptoms...»
Diagnostic Guides for Delayed puberty
Medical Books Excerpts Read excertps from published book sections related to Delayed puberty from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Delayed puberty. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Delayed puberty
Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
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Causes of Delayed puberty listed in Disease Database:
Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible
causes of Delayed puberty as a symptom include:
- Adiposogenital dystrophy
- Anorexia nervosa
- Constitutional delay of growth and puberty
- Fabry's disease
- Gonadal dysgenesis (male)
- Hypogonadism
- Hypopituitarism
- Hypothyroidism, congenital
- Kallmann syndrome
- Klinefelter syndrome
- Malabsorption syndrome
- Mixed gonadal dysgenesis
- Noonan's syndrome
- more causes...»
See full list of 249
causes of Delayed puberty
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Definitions of Delayed puberty:
Delayed puberty: lack of any signs of puberty by age 14 years in either sex.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Unusually late sexual maturity.
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Detailed list of causes of Delayed puberty
The list below shows some of the causes of Delayed puberty mentioned in various sources:
- 46,XX Gonadal dysgenesis epibulbar dermoid - delayed puberty
- Addison's disease
- Adiposogenital dystrophy
- Adrenal failure
- Adrenal hypoplasia congenital, X-linked - delayed puberty
- Alopecia - hypogonadism - extrapyramidal disorder - delayed puberty
- Alpha thalassemia - delayed puberty
- more causes...»
See full list of 249 causes of Delayed puberty
How Common are these Causes of Delayed puberty?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Delayed puberty. Of the 249 causes of Delayed puberty that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 1 causes are "very common" diseases
- 3 causes are "common" diseases
- 6 causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 1 causes are "rare" diseases
- 10 causes are "very rare" diseases
- 231 causes have no prevalence information.
See the analysis of the prevalence of 249 causes of Delayed puberty
Conditions listing symptoms: Delayed puberty:
The following list of conditions have 'Delayed puberty' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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Conditions listing complications: Delayed puberty:
The following list of conditions have 'Delayed puberty' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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Causes of Delayed puberty Based on Risk Factors
This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Delayed puberty based
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What are the alternative names for Delayed puberty:
Pubertal delay, Puberty delay
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Classifications of Delayed puberty:
Medical Conditions associated with Delayed puberty:
Puberty symptoms (162 causes)
Symptoms related to Delayed puberty:
Delayed menstruation, Menarche, Constitutional delay of growth and development, Crohn's disease, Anorexia (252 causes), Bulimia nervosa, Low body weight, Excessive exercise, Hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism, Central nervous system tumours, Radiation therapy, Head trauma (1 cause), Pituitary adenoma
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News Archives for Delayed puberty
Medical news articles related to Delayed puberty include:
- Postpartum Anxiety May Delay Puberty in Kids
- Safety of Labor-Delaying Drugs Questioned
- Health Tip: Preparing for Puberty
- more health news...»
Source: HealthDay News
Evidence Based Medicine Research for Delayed puberty
Medical research papers related to Delayed puberty include:
- Does the use of the combined pill cause early epiphyseal closure in a 12 year old?
- Amenorrhea (Without Hirsutism) and Menopause
- Is there a recommended age in boys when investigations for delayed puberty should be instituted?
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