[Methods for correcting retardation of sexual development in the irregular puberty syndrome in boys].

A total of 46 boys aged 11 to 13 with the abnormal puberty syndrome were examined. The authors assessed various methods of correction of delayed puberty by the time course of anthropometric and genitometric indices and blood testosterone, LH and FSH levels 1 year after the initiation of treatment, at the age of 14 to 16 and 17 to 19. The ejaculate composition of 12 adolescents over 17 was examined. In 3/4 of the adolescents the indices of physical development and pubescence, blood testosterone and gonadotropic hormone levels achieved physiological values by the age of 14-16, but in 1/4 of the patients delayed puberty with lowered FSH and testosterone levels and raised LH in the blood was noted. The normalization of puberty was noted at the age of 17 to 19 with normal spermatogenesis. The necessity and methods of therapeutic correction of delayed puberty in boys and adolescents with the abnormal puberty syndrome were discussed.