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For girls who start puberty too early, a treatment using certain hormones can help them grow taller than expected — especially if they get a combo of two hormone treatments.

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Effect of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist monotherapy and combination therapy with growth hormone on final adult height in girls with central precocious puberty

Cohort Study
Human
2023 Jan 23

The study found that doctors' predictions of adult height got better during treatment, but the actual adult heights were lower than those predictions. The claim makes it sound like girls grew taller than expected, but that's not what the data show.

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Effect of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist monotherapy and combination therapy with growth hormone on final adult height in girls with central precocious puberty

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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-28602-3

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Giving certain hormone treatments to girls who start puberty too early can help them grow taller as adults.

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Girls with early puberty who get a combo of two treatments don't end up taller as adults than those who get just one treatment, even though the combo helps them grow more during treatment.

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Girls with early puberty who get a certain hormone treatment tend to grow about 3 inches taller as adults compared to those who don’t get it, according to a review of several studies.

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Girls with early puberty who get a certain treatment tend to end up slightly taller than what their genes predicted — about half a centimeter more on average.

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Girls with early puberty who get both a hormone blocker and growth hormone end up taller than expected—about 9 cm more—compared to those who only get the hormone blocker, which helps about 5 cm.

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