PEDIATRIC PUZZLER Delayed growth and sexual development in a 15-year-old:A rose by any other name

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The 15 1/2-year-old seated in your office is obviously uncomfortable. He has been referred for evaluation by his physician because of decreased growth and failure to develop secondary sexual characteristics, or, as he puts it, "not developing like the other boys."

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