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What is Early Puberty?

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What is Early Puberty?

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More information related to this PodcastTranscript: Guest: Dr. Deborah A. Bowlby – Pediatric Endocrinology Host: Dr. Linda Austin – Psychiatrist Announcer: Welcome to an MUSC Health Podcast. Dr. Linda Austin: I am Dr. Linda Austin. I am talking with Dr. Deborah Bowlby, who is a Pediatric Endocrinologist. Dr. Bowlby, in your line of work, I am sure one of the common problems that parents bring kids in for is early puberty or precocious puberty. Do boys come in with that question as well as girls it seems to me that it’s more girls, where parents become concerned, is that, is there a gender difference there? Dr. Deborah A. Bowlby: Definitely, we see a lot of patients for evaluation of early puberty specifically for girls. If a girl has pubertal development before the age of eight, they should be evaluated. For boys, if they have pubertal development before the age of nine, they should also be evaluated by pediatric endocrinologist. It is definitely true that we evaluate more girls for co