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AMH levels were assessed using the ELISA method.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"j_jpem-2026-0340_abs_003\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The mean age of all participants was 7.19 \u00b1 0.63 (5.0\u20138.0) years. Height SDS was higher in the puberty and puberty variant groups compared with the healthy group. This difference was found to be statistically significant between the CPP and HC groups. Obesity was present in 20 of all participants (13\u202f%). AMH levels were 0.125 \u00b1 0.154, 0.086 \u00b1 0.072, 0.084 \u00b1 0.074, and 0.069 \u00b1 ;0.060\u202fng\/mL in PA, PT, CPP, and HC groups, respectively. Although AMH levels were higher in the PA group, there was no statistically significant difference among the four groups. A weak negative correlation was found between AMH levels and BMI SDS (body mass index standard deviation score).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"j_jpem-2026-0340_abs_004\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>AMH levels do not differ between prepubertal girls and those diagnosed with central precocious puberty or a variant of puberty of the same\u00a0age.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1515\/jpem-2026-0340","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,20]],"date-time":"2026-09-20T11:56:16Z","timestamp":1789905376000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Anti-M\u00fcllerian hormone levels in girls with precocious puberty"],"prefix":"10.1515","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5470-1254","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Merve Nur","family":"Hepokur","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Pediatric Endocrinology Clinic , Istanbul Medeniyet University Faculty of Medicine, G\u00f6ztepe Prof. Dr. S\u00fcleyman Yal\u00e7\u0131n City Hospital , Istanbul , T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5730-3198","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"A\u015fan \u00d6nder","family":"\u00c7ama\u015f","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pediatric Endocrinology Clinic , Istanbul Medeniyet University Faculty of Medicine, G\u00f6ztepe Prof. Dr. S\u00fcleyman Yal\u00e7\u0131n City Hospital , Istanbul , T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5582-4697","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"G\u00f6zde","family":"Tani\u015f","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pediatric Endocrinology Clinic , Istanbul Medeniyet University Faculty of Medicine, G\u00f6ztepe Prof. Dr. S\u00fcleyman Yal\u00e7\u0131n City Hospital , Istanbul , T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-3196-3251","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Bur\u00e7in","family":"\u00c7i\u00e7ek","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pediatric Endocrinology Clinic , Istanbul Medeniyet University Faculty of Medicine, G\u00f6ztepe Prof. Dr. S\u00fcleyman Yal\u00e7\u0131n City Hospital , Istanbul , T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8457-8042","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sare Bet\u00fcl","family":"Kaygusuz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pediatric Endocrinology Clinic , Istanbul Medeniyet University Faculty of Medicine, G\u00f6ztepe Prof. Dr. S\u00fcleyman Yal\u00e7\u0131n City Hospital , Istanbul , T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4278-4651","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ferruh Kemal","family":"\u0130\u015fman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biochemistry , Istanbul Medeniyet University Faculty of Medicine, G\u00f6ztepe Prof. Dr. S\u00fcleyman Yal\u00e7\u0131n City Hospital , Istanbul , T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4815-1591","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hamdi Cihan","family":"Emeksiz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pediatric Endocrinology Clinic , Istanbul Medeniyet University Faculty of Medicine, G\u00f6ztepe Prof. Dr. S\u00fcleyman Yal\u00e7\u0131n City Hospital , Istanbul , T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"374","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"2026092011561425826_j_jpem-2026-0340_ref_001","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Lashen, H, Dunger, DB, Ness, A, Ong, KK. 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