INCIDENTAL PINEAL GLAND CYST IN GIRLS WITH EARLY ONSET OF PUBERTY

Incidental pineal gland cyst in girls with early onset of puberty

Abstract Background The causes of an early onset of puberty are still not clearly defined and may vary from subject to subject.In girls, even if 90% of early puberty is idiopathic, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain is performed to exclude secondary causes of precocious puberty, in particular pathological lesions as hypothalamic tumours

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Among-population variation in microbial community structure in the floral nectar of the bee-pollinated forest herb Pulmonaria officinalis L.

BackgroundMicrobial communities in floral nectar have been shown to be characterized by low levels of species diversity, yet little is known about among-plant population variation in microbial community composition.Methodology/principal findingsWe Embossed investigated the microbial community structure (yeasts and bacteria) in floral nectar of ten

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