Pubertal delay

Delayed onset of puberty is considered 14 years old in girls and 15 years old in boys. Most frequently, the delay is due to a constitutional, non-pathologic delay in growth and puberty.

Differential Diagnosis of Causes of
In alphabetical order:


 * Anorexia Nervosa
 * Cardiac conditions
 * Celiac Sprue
 * Chronic infection
 * Chronic metabolic disorder
 * Chronic Renal Failure
 * Cushing syndrome
 * Heavy physical excercise
 * Hyperprolactinemia
 * Hypothyroidism
 * Iatrogenic
 * Inflammatory Bowel Disease
 * Kallmann's Syndrome
 * Kleinfelter's syndrome (Boys)
 * Malignancy
 * Malnutrition
 * Multiple tropic hormone deficiency
 * Noonan's Syndrome
 * Prader-Willi Syndrome
 * Somatotropin deficiency
 * Turner's syndrome(Girls)