Talk:Familial male precocious puberty

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"The final length of boys may be short due to a rapid advance in epiphyseal maturation"!!! What on Earth? What are they measuring? 203.118.191.178 01:02, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Overall height. A typical adult male might be six feet tall, and these boys are unlikely to reach their full height. (The clue is in the word epiphyseal, which relates to the growth plates in long bones.) WhatamIdoing (talk) 03:13, 14 December 2007 (UTC)