Development of SEXUAL MATURATION in boys and girls at a chronological age that is 2.5 standard deviations below the mean age at onset of PUBERTY in the population. This early maturation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis results in sexual precocity, elevated serum levels of GONADOTROPINS and GONADAL STEROID HORMONES such as ESTRADIOL and TESTOSTERONE.
Also Known As:
Puberty, Precocious; Familial Precocious Puberty; Idiopathic Sexual Precocity; Precocious Puberty, Central; Precocious Puberty, Male Limited; Precocious Puberty, Male-Limited; Pubertas Praecox; Sexual Precocity; Testotoxicosis; Central Precocious Puberties; Central Precocious Puberty; Familial Precocious Puberties; Idiopathic Sexual Precocities; Male-Limited Precocious Puberties; Male-Limited Precocious Puberty; Praecox, Pubertas; Precocious Puberties; Precocious Puberties, Central; Precocious Puberties, Familial; Precocious Puberties, Male-Limited; Precocious Puberty, Familial; Precocities, Idiopathic Sexual; Precocities, Sexual; Precocity, Idiopathic Sexual; Precocity, Sexual; Puberties, Central Precocious; Puberties, Familial Precocious; Puberties, Male-Limited Precocious; Puberties, Precocious; Puberty, Central Precocious; Puberty, Familial Precocious; Puberty, Male-Limited Precocious; Sexual Precocities; Sexual Precocities, Idiopathic; Sexual Precocity, Idiopathic