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Puberty

Puberty is the time in life when a boy or girl becomes sexually mature. It is a process that usually happens between ages 10 and 14 for girls and ages 12 and 16 for boys. It causes physical changes, and affects boys and girls differently.

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  1. Puberty (National Library of Medicine)  
    Puberty is the time in life when a boy or girl becomes sexually mature. It is a ... girls differently. In girls: The first sign of puberty is usually breast development. Then hair grows in ...
  2. Puberty is when your body changes and you develop from being a girl to a woman. Learn ... a year. When you are done going through puberty, you will be almost as tall as you ...
  3. Central precocious puberty is a condition that causes early sexual development in girls and boys. While puberty normally starts between ages 8 and 13 in ...
  4. Familial male-limited precocious puberty is a condition that causes early sexual maturity in males; females are not affected. Boys with this disorder begin exhibiting ...
  5. Puberty is when your body changes, when you develop from being a boy to a man. Learn ... start their growth spurt about 2 years after puberty starts. When you are done going through puberty, ...
  6. Delayed puberty in girls occurs when breasts don't develop by age 13 or menstrual periods do not begin by age 16. Puberty changes occur when the body starts making sex ...
  7. What Are Normal Puberty, Precocious Puberty, and Delayed Puberty? From the National Institutes of Health (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)  
    Puberty/Start Here ... Puberty ... Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development ... From the National Institutes of Health ... The time ...
  8. What Are the Symptoms of Puberty, Precocious Puberty, and Delayed Puberty? From the National Institutes of Health (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)  
    Puberty/Symptoms ... Puberty ... Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development ... From the National Institutes of Health ... Learn about ...
  9. How Do Health Care Providers Diagnose Precocious Puberty and Delayed Puberty? From the National Institutes of Health (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)  
    Puberty/Diagnosis and Tests ... Puberty ... Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development ... From the National Institutes of Health
  10. Puberty is the time when a person's sexual and physical characteristics mature. Precocious puberty is when these body changes happen earlier than ...
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