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To the Editor: In their article on the effects of luteinizing hormone–releasing hormone agonist in the treatment of adolescents with short stature, Yanovski et al. (March 6 issue)¹ predict that the deficit in bone mineral density will not be recovered, as has been shown in other interruptions of puberty and in constitutional delay.² Constitutional delay, however, is generally regarded as a developmental variation. Data on bone density after constitutional delay are sparse and contradictory; data from the cited series² conflict with data from two others,^3,4 although all three were appropriately designed. Stating that a deficit in bone mineral density follows . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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