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The influence of gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist treatment on the body weight and body mass index in girls with idiopathic precocious puberty and early puberty.

Sung Woo KimYoung Bae KimJeong Eun LeeNa Ri KimWeon Kyung LeeJae Kyun KuEun Jeong KimSun Hee JungWoo Yeong Chung
Published in: Annals of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism (2017)
BMI SDS increased in the GnRHa-treated patients as a whole group, but was not statistically significant. But BMI SDS increased significantly in the normal weight group after 2 years of GnRHa treatment. So, GnRHa treatment may affect the change of BMI SDS depending on degree of obesity.
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