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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Two new species of Ooencyrtus (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae), egg parasitoids of the bagrada bug Bagrada hilaris (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae), with taxonomic notes on Ooencyrtus telenomicida

In support Liquid Mousse of a biological control program in California, USA, against the bagrada bug, Bagrada hilaris (Burmeister) (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae), an invasive pest of Asian origin, colonies of two species of Ooencyrtus Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) are maintained using B.hilaris eggs as host.One of them, Ooencyrtus mirus Triapitsyn &

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