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Premature Thelarche; Environmental Connections Bibliography
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This bibliography is provided as a service to our readers. It is compiled from the entries in the BCERF Environmental Risk Factors Bibliographic Database.

This bibliography is arranged topically. The topics include:

Clinical Descriptions of Premature Thelarche

Bosman, J. M., Bax, N. M. A., and Wit, J. M. (1990). Premature thelarche: a possible adverse effect of cimetidine treatment. European Journal of Pediatrics 149, 534-535.

Devriendt, K., Lemli, L., Craen, M., and de Zegher, F. (1995). Growth hormone deficiency and premature thelarche in a female infant with Kabuki makeup syndrome. Hormone Research 43, 303-306.

Garibaldi, L. (1995). Progression of premature thelarche to precocious puberty. Journal of Pediatrics 127, 336-337.

Klein, K. O., Mericq, V., Brown-Dawson, J. M., Larmore, K. A., Cabezas, P., and Cortinez, A. (1999). Estrogen levels in girls with premature thelarche compared with normal prepubertal girls as determined by an ultrasensitive recombinant cell bioassay. Journal of Pediatrics 134, 190-192.

Nakamura, M., Okabe, I., and Itoh, K. (1994). Ovarian microcysts with premature thelarche. Journal of Pediatrics 124, 993.

Quigley, C. A., and Pescovitz, O. H. (1997). Premature thelarche and precocious puberty. Current Therapy in Endocrinology and Metabolism 6, 7-13.

Saenz, C., Toro-Sola, M., Conde, L., and Bayonet-Rivera, N. (1982). Premature thelarche and ovarian cyst probably secondary to estrogen contamination. Medical Association of Puerto Rico 74, 16-19.

Stanhope, R. (2000). Premature Thelarche: Clinical follow-up and indication for treatment. Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism 13, 827-830.

Stanhope, R., and Brook, C. C. D. (1990). Thelarche variant: a new syndrome of precocious sexual maturation. Acta Endocrinologica (Copenhagen) 123, 481-486.

Tutar, H. E., Ocal, G., Ince, E., and Cin, S. (1994). Premature thelarche in Kabuki make-up syndrome. Acta Paediatrica Japonica 36, 104-106.

Premature Thelarche in Puerto Rico

Anonymous (1986). Precocious development in Puerto Rican children. The Lancet 1, 721-722.

Bongiovanni, A. M. (1983). An epidemic of premature thelarche in Puerto Rico. Journal of Pediatrics 103, 245-246.

Colón, I., Caro, D., Bourdony, C. J., and Rosario, O. (2000). Identification of phthalate esters in the serum of young Puerto Rican girls with premature breast development. Environmental Health Perspectives 108, 895-900.

Cordero, J. F., Haddock, L., Lebron, G., Martinez, R., Freni-Titulaer, L. W., and Mills, J. L. (1985). Premature thelarche in Puerto Rico: Design of a case-control study. In Estrogens in the Environment II: Influences in Development, J. A. McLachlan, ed. (New York: Elsevier Science Publishers Co., Inc.), pp. 380-397.

Freni-Titulaer, L., Cordero, J. F., Haddock, L., Lebron, G., Martinez, R., and Mills, J. L. (1986). Premature thelarche in Puerto Rico - a search for environmental factors. American Journal of Diseases of Children 140, 1263-1267.

Hannon, W. H., Hill, R. H., Bernert, J. T., Haddock, L., Lebron, G., and Cordero, J. F. (1987). Premature thelarche in Puerto Rico: a search for environmental estrogenic contamination. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 16, 255-262.

Montague-Brown, K. (1987). Premature Thelarche in Puerto Rico. American Journal of Diseases of Children 141, 1250-1251.

Saenz de Rodriguez, C., Bongiovanni, A., and Conde de Borrego, L. (1985). An epidemic of precocious development in Puerto Rican children. Journal of Pediatrics 107, 393-396.

Premature Thelarche in Haiti

Sattin, R. W., Roisin, A., Kafrissen, M. E., Dugan, J. B., and Farer, L. S. (1984). Epidemic of gynecomastia among illegal Haitian entrants. Public Health Reports 99, 504-510.

Premature Thelarche; Long-term Follow-up

Pasquino, A. M., Tebaldi, L., Cioschi, L., Cives, C., Finocchi, G., Maciocci, M., Mancuso, G., and Boscherini, B. (1985). Premature thelarche: a follow up study of 40 girls. Archives of Diseases in Childhood 60, 1180-1182.

Van Winter, J. T., Noller, K. L., Zimmerman, D., and Melton, L. J. (1990). Natural history of premature thelarche in Olmstead County, Minnesota, 1940 to 1984. Journal of Pediatrics 116, 278-280.

Sexual Development in American Girls

Belkin, L. (2000). The making of an 8-year-old woman. The New York Times Magazine, 38-43.

Herman-Giddens, M. E., Slora, E. J., Wasserman, R. C., Bourdony, C. J., Bhapkar, M. V., Koch, G. G., and Hasemeier, C. M. (1997). Secondary sexual characteristics and menses in young girls seen in office practice: a study from the pediatric research in office settings network. Pediatrics 99, 505-512.

Lemonick, M. D. (2000). Teens before their time. Time, 66-74.

Exposure to Phthalate Esters

Blount, B. C., Silva, M. J., Caudill, S. P., Needham, L. L., Pirkle, J. L., Sampson, E. J., Lucier, G. W., Jackson, R. J., and Brock, J. W. (2000). Levels of seven urinary phthalate metabolites in a human reference population, Environmental Health Perspectives 108, 972-982.

CDC (2001). National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals (cited March 30, 2001, http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/dls/report/results/categorylist.htm, provides links to reports of levels in blood and urine in the general US population for following phthalates and phthalate metabolites:       Mono-ethyl phthalate CAS no. 2306-33-4,
      Mono-butyl phthalate CAS no. 131-70-4,
      Mono-2-ethylhexyl phthalate CAS no. 4376-20-9,
      Mono-n-octyl phthalate CAS no. 5393-19-1,
      Mono-isononyl phthalate,
      Mono-cyclohexyl Phthalate CAS no. 7517-36-4,
      Mono-benzyl Phthalate CAS no. 2528-16-7, Center for Disease Control).

CERHR (2000a). NTP-CERHR Expert Panel Report on Butyl Benzyl Phthalate (cited March 30, 2001, http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/news/BBP-final-inprog.PDF, National Toxicology Program, Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction).

CERHR (2000b). NTP-CERHR Expert Panel Report on Di n Octyl Phthalate (cited March 30, 2001, http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/news/DEHP-final.pdf, National Toxicology Program, Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction).

CERHR (2000c). NTP-CERHR Expert Panel Report on Di-Isodecyl Phthalate (cited March 30, 2001, http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/news/DIDP-final-inprog.PDF, National Toxicology Program, Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction).

CERHR (2000d). NTP-CERHR Expert Panel Report on Di-Isononyl Phthalate (cited March 30, 2001, http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/news/DINP-final-inprog.PDF, National Toxicology Program, Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction).

CERHR (2000e). NTP-CERHR Expert Panel Report on Di-n-Butyl Phthalate (cited March 30, 2001, http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/news/dbp-final-inprog.PDF, National Toxicology Program, Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction).

CERHR (2000f). NTP-CERHR Expert Panel Report on Di-n-Hexyl Phthalate (cited March 30, 2001, http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/news/DnHP-FINALinprog.PDF, National Toxicology Program, Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction).

CERHR (2000g). NTP-CERHR Expert Panel Report on Di-n-Octyl Phthalate (cited March 30, 2001, http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/news/DnOP-final-inprog.PDF, National Toxicology Program, Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction).

David, R. M. (2000). Exposure to phthalate esters, Environmental Health Perspectives 108, A440.

Kohn, M. C., Parham, F., Masten, S. A., Portier, C. J., Shelby, M. D., Brock, J. W., and Needham, L. L. (2000). Human exposure estimates for phthalates, Environmental Health Perspectives 108, A440-A442.

Rossi, M. (2000). Neonatal exposure to DEHP (di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate) and opportunities for prevention (www.noharm.org, Health Care Without Harm), pp. 1-14.

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Prepared by Suzanne Snedeker, Ph.D., BCERF Research Project Leader
and Kola Ijola, undergraduate Research Assistant, 2.28.01;

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Last Update 05.06.03