In boys with a rare brain condition causing early puberty, a combo treatment might not stop puberty from progressing, even if it lowers some hormones — because they keep growing too fast and their bones mature too quickly.

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SUN-187 Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonist Resistant Central Precocious Puberty in Males with Hypothalamic Hamartoma: A Two-Center Case Series

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One boy got the two-drug treatment and his testosterone went down, but he still grew too fast and his bones kept maturing early, which means the treatment didn’t fully stop puberty.

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SUN-187 Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonist Resistant Central Precocious Puberty in Males with Hypothalamic Hamartoma: A Two-Center Case Series

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DOI: 10.1210/jendso/bvaf149.1815

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