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familial male-limited precocious puberty

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An endocrine system disease characterized by onset in early childhood of accelerated growth, early development of secondary sexual characteristics, and reduced adult height in males only that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation in the LHCGR gene on chr

An endocrine system disease characterized by onset in early childhood of accelerated growth, early development of secondary sexual characteristics, and reduced adult height in males only that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation in the LHCGR gene on chromosome 2p16.3.

Signs and symptoms

  • Precocious puberty in males
  • Decreased testicular size

Medications that may treat it

chorionic gonadotropin gonadorelin histrelin leuprolide nafarelin tamoxifen

Also known as: FMPP; familial gonadotropin-independent male-limited sexual precocity; male-limited precocious puberty; testotoxicosis