Girls with early puberty who are further along in breast development when they start a certain treatment tend to get their first period sooner after stopping the treatment compared to girls who were less developed when they started.

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Clinical findings influencing time to menarche post gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist therapy in central precocious puberty

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2021 Sep

Girls who were further along in breast development when they started treatment got their first period sooner after stopping treatment, which is exactly what the study found.

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Clinical findings influencing time to menarche post gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist therapy in central precocious puberty

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DOI: 10.6065/apem.2040220.110

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