[citation needed] The spinal length in boys may be short due to a rapid advance in epiphyseal maturation.

It is an autosomal dominant[1] condition with a mutation of the luteinizing hormone (LH) receptor.

Treatment is with drugs that suppress or block the effects of gonadal steroidogenesis, such as cyproterone acetate, ketoconazole, spironolactone, and testolactone.

[3] Alternatively, the combination of the androgen receptor antagonist bicalutamide and the aromatase inhibitor anastrozole may be used.

[4] Robert King Stone, personal physician to American president Abraham Lincoln, described the first case of FMPP in 1852.