peds17 Flashcards
1
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def of delayed puberty in boys
A
no testicular enlargment by age 14
2
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def of delayed puberty in girls
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no breast tissue by 13 or no menarche by 14
3
Q
kallman syndrome
A
can cause delayed puberty. Gonadotropin def associated with anosmia
4
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prader-willi syndrome
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can be a cause of delayed puberty
5
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lawrence-moon-biedl syndrome
A
obesity, retinitis pigmentosa, hypogonadism, and polysyndactly, and delayed puberty
6
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klinefelter syndrome
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hypergonadotropic hypogonadism
7
Q
when is gonad differentiation?
A
9 weeks- SRY causes the fetal testes, which produces testosterone and AMH
8
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what causes virilization of the external genitalia?
A
conversion of testosterone to DHT by 5a reductase;
