The indication of treating CDGP is limited to prepubertal subjects who are older than 14 years of age and have serious psychological distress, mainly correlating to bullying. In girls with CDGP, treatment with a limited dose of estradiol (5-10 mcg daily) for up to 12 months is rare and should led to breast development. Hormonal treatments should be carefully prescribed not to stimulate acceleration in skeletal maturation and not to increase the consequent risk of reduced stature. In fact, in cases of constitutional DP, the best course of action is patience and reassurance. In males a cycle of 50 mg/month of testosterone, increased to 100 mg after 6 months may be offered if psychological problems are exacerbated by the delay [
12]. Another possibility is transdermal testosterone administration, beginning with one puff every second day for 3 months, increasing the dosage progressively [
13]. During treatment a progressive increase of the testicular volume confirms the diagnosis of CDGP. The treatment should continue until a volume of 12 ml is reached, since at that point the boy can produce a substantial amount of testosterone allowing a normal growth. Therefore, the start of treatment should be individualized depending mainly on the psychological repercussions including low self-esteem, poor school performance, depression and bullying [
12]. On the other hand, in hypo- or hyper-gonadotropic hypogonadism long-term hormone substitutive therapy is advised. Girls usually start on a low dose of estrogen administered orally with tablets (5-10 μg/Kg per day) or through transdermal patches every 3-4 days per week, for cycles of 6 months until breast development reaches Tanner III stage. Because of individual variability in the absorption of estradiol, serum estradiol values must be monitored. In 1 year, progesterone is added to facilitate the menstrual cycle and to increase bone density in puberty. Boys usually start with intramuscular injections of 50 mg/month of testosterone for 6 months, rising progressively the dose until an adult dosage (250 mg/month) is reached. However, as for stature, data are not consistent with the indication of growth hormone therapy in increasing adult height in subjects with reduced height and delayed puberty, particularly in the female sex [
14]. While, in cases of significant pubertal delay, if no sex steroid hormones treatment is started, acquisition of bone mass can be reduced leading in adulthood to a major risk of future fractures mainly in men [
15]. Current studies do not demonstrate that initial testosterone therapy impairs future fertility in boys with PHH; however, if new studies were to demonstrate superiority of early gonadotropin treatment, identifying youth with CHH may guide therapy. Thus, the identification of a generalizable, economic and easily administered diagnostic test for delayed puberty still remains an important endpoint for researchers [
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