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Descriptor English: Puberty Suppression
Descriptor Spanish: Supresión de la Pubertad
Descriptor supresión de la pubertad
Entry term(s) bloqueo de la pubertad
Scope note: Intervención médica reversible no intensiva que se logra mediante el uso de compuestos que imitan las acciones de la HORMONA LIBERADORA DE GONADOTROPINAS (GnRH), que a su vez retrasa o detiene los cambios físicos asociados a la pubertad, como el desarrollo de las mamas o del vello facial.
Descriptor Portuguese: Supressão da Puberdade
Descriptor French: Without translation
Entry term(s): Blocking, Puberty
Blockings, Puberty
Puberty Blocking
Puberty Blockings
Puberty Suppressions
Suppression, Puberty
Suppressions, Puberty
Tree number(s): E02.906.250
N04.590.374.268.250
N05.300.361.250
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000097765
Scope note: A non-intensive, reversible medical intervention achieved by using compounds that mimic the actions of GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE (GnRH), which in turn slows or stops the physical changes associated with puberty such as the development of breasts or facial hair.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Public MeSH Note: 2024
History Note: 2024
DeCS ID: 60638
Unique ID: D000097765
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Date Established: 2024/01/01
Date of Entry: 2023/07/26
Revision Date: 2023/05/31
Puberty Suppression - Preferred
Concept UI M000764411
Scope note A non-intensive, reversible medical intervention achieved by using compounds that mimic the actions of GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE (GnRH), which in turn slows or stops the physical changes associated with puberty such as the development of breasts or facial hair.
Preferred term Puberty Suppression
Entry term(s) Blocking, Puberty
Blockings, Puberty
Puberty Blocking
Puberty Blockings
Puberty Suppressions
Suppression, Puberty
Suppressions, Puberty



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