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Among researchers who study puberty, the Tanner scale is commonly considered the "gold standard" for assessing pubertal status when it is conducted by a trained medical examiner. [5] In HIV treatment, the Tanner scale is used to determine which regimen to follow for pediatric or adolescent patients on antiretroviral therapy (adult, adolescent ...
Stricter definitions of "precocity" may refer only to central puberty starting before a statistically specified age based on percentile in the population (e.g., 2.5 standard deviations below the population mean), [4] on expert recommendations of ages at which there is more than a negligible chance of discovering an abnormal cause, or based on ...
[9] [10] [11] Puberty that starts earlier than usual is known as precocious puberty, and puberty which starts later than usual is known as delayed puberty. Notable among the morphologic changes in size, shape, composition, and functioning of the pubertal body, is the development of secondary sex characteristics, the "filling in" of the child's ...
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The point at which a child becomes an adolescent is defined by the major onset of puberty. [2] [15] However, in some individuals (particularly females), puberty begins in the preadolescence years. [19] [20] Studies indicate that the onset of puberty has been one year earlier with each generation since the 1950s. [21]
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Grade 5: 10–11 years (Berlin and Brandenburg only) Grade 6: 11–12 years (Berlin and Brandenburg only) Depending on the recommendation they received from their teacher, children proceed to their mandatory secondary education in either Hauptschule (Grades 5-9, sometimes 10th grade is added which is then called "Werkrealschule"), Realschule ...