This treatment can temporarily stop puberty from moving forward in teens.
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Height benefits after GnRHa treatment in girls aged over 6 years with central precocious puberty: a meta-analysis
The study looked at a medicine called GnRHa that is used in girls who start puberty too early. It found that this medicine slows down puberty, which helps them grow taller.
The study looks at girls getting GnRHa treatment for early puberty and says the treatment is used to stop puberty from progressing too soon, which supports the idea that it pauses puberty.
The study looked at boys with very early puberty and found that the hormone treatment (GnRHa) helped slow down the changes of puberty, even if it didn’t stop them completely in some cases.
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