Slipped capital femoral epiphysis during the treatment of precocious puberty with a gonadotropin-releasing hormone-agonist: aetiological considerations

Eur J Pediatr. 2005 Mar;164(3):173-4. doi: 10.1007/s00431-004-1578-7. Epub 2004 Dec 9.

Authors

Fumiko Yamato¹, Junji Takaya, Hirohiko Higashino, Yasuo Yamanouchi, Hiroshi Suehara, Yohnosuke Kobayashi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Paediatrics, Kansai Medical University, 10-15 Fumizonocho, 570-8506 Moriguchi, Osaka, Japan. koteraf@takii.kmu.ac.jp

PMID: 15592875
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-004-1578-7

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Bone Development
Child
Epiphyses, Slipped / etiology*
Femur*
Fertility Agents, Female / therapeutic use*
Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / therapeutic use*
Humans
Male
Puberty, Precocious / drug therapy*
Testosterone / blood

Substances

Fertility Agents, Female
Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
Testosterone