December 2020. Volume 16. Number 4

Decrease in the age of thelarche. Is it time to review the limits of pubertal onset in girls?

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Eckert-Lind C, Busch AS, Petersen JH, Biro FM, Butler G, Bräuner EV, et al. Worldwide Secular Trends in Age at Pubertal Onset Assessed by Breast Development Among Girls: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA Pediatr. 2020;174:e195881.

Reviewers: Molina Arias M1, Rivero Martín MJ2.
1Servicio de Gastroenterología. Hospital Universitario La Paz. Madrid. España.
2Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada. Fuenlabrada. Madrid. España.
Correspondence: Manuel Molina Arias. Email: mma1961@gmail.com
Reception date: 06/10/2020
Acceptance date: 18/10/2020
Publication date: 18/11/2020

Abstract

Authors’ conclusions: the age of thelarche has decreased an average of three months per decade from 1977 to 2013. A younger pubertal onset may change the clinical management of girls with disorders of the onset of puberty, since the current concept of precocious puberty may be obsolete.

Reviewers’ commentary: notwithstanding the methodological limitations of this systematic review, its results agree with those previously published and advise reviewing the threshold of puberty onset and the clinical management of girls with related disorders.

How to cite this article

Molina Arias M, Rivero Martín MJ. Adelanto de la telarquia. ¿Es hora de revisar la edad del inicio puberal en niñas? Evid Pediatr. 2020;16:49.

AVC | Critically appraised articles

Eckert-Lind C, Busch AS, Petersen JH, Biro FM, Butler G, Bräuner EV, et al. Worldwide Secular Trends in Age at Pubertal Onset Assessed by Breast Development Among Girls: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA Pediatr. 2020;174:e195881.

Reviewers: Molina Arias M1, Rivero Martín MJ2.
1Servicio de Gastroenterología. Hospital Universitario La Paz. Madrid. España.
2Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada. Fuenlabrada. Madrid. España.
Correspondence: Manuel Molina Arias. Email: mma1961@gmail.com
Reception date: 06/10/2020
Acceptance date: 18/10/2020
Publication date: 18/11/2020

How to cite this article

Molina Arias M, Rivero Martín MJ. Adelanto de la telarquia. ¿Es hora de revisar la edad del inicio puberal en niñas? Evid Pediatr. 2020;16:49.

18/11/2020

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