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InnovAiT 2008 1(11):722-728; doi:10.1093/innovait/inn157
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Disorders of puberty

Dr Jeremy Kirk

Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist, Birmingham Children's Hospital

Dr Meenakshi Bandhakavi

Paediatric Registrar, Birmingham Children's Hospital

Dr Chantal Simon

Executive Editor, InnovAiT

E-mail: jeremy.kirk{at}bch.nhs.uk


  Abstract

Puberty is defined as the time when the onset of sexual maturity occurs and the reproductive organs become functional, and it is therefore the time when a child becomes an adult capable of reproduction. Although the terms puberty and adolescence are commonly used interchangeably, the term puberty tends to be used for the physical, and adolescence for the psychological and social changes.


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