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

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This work was supported by the Mami Mizutani Foundation.

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  1. Department of Paediatrics, Kansai Medical University, 10-15 Fumizonocho, 570-8506, Moriguchi, Osaka, Japan

    Fumiko Yamato, Junji Takaya, Hirohiko Higashino & Yohnosuke Kobayashi

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan

    Yasuo Yamanouchi

  3. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Matsushita Memorial Hospital, Moriguchi, Osaka, Japan

    Hiroshi Suehara

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Yamato, F., Takaya, J., Higashino, H. et al. Slipped capital femoral epiphysis during the treatment of precocious puberty with a gonadotropin-releasing hormone-agonist: aetiological considerations. Eur J Pediatr 164, 173–174 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-004-1578-7

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