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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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