Precocious puberty: GEMS

Precocious puberty: GEMS


Precocious puberty: GEMS

Please follow the link for a PDF version of the GEMS for download/printing: Precocious puberty: GEMS

(BMJ 2020;368:l6597, RCPCH 2013, Childhood and puberty close monitoring growth charts for boys and girls)​

Precocious puberty keywords

  • Precocious, puberty, growth, velocity, development, height, periods, thelarche, menarche, adrenarche, pubarche, clitoromegaly, breast enlargement, headache, visual disturbance, polyuria, polydipsia, Tanner, pubic, axillary, hair, gonadotrophin, GnRH, centile, growth chart, mid-parental centile, LH, FSH, oestradiol, testosterone.

Useful resources:

Websites (all resources are hyperlinked for ease of use on Red Whale Knowledge)

Growth charts from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) with ‘puberty lines’ that show the normal age limits for phases of puberty: