Comparative effectiveness of Korean medicine treatment for idiopathic central precocious puberty: A Bayesian network meta-analysis.

Background: The purpose of this study is to analyze the comparative effect of the Korean medicine treatment for idiopathic central precocious puberty (ICPP) using Bayesian network meta-analysis (NMA).

Methods: Seventeen electronic databases were used to search for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that evaluated various Korean medicine treatments for ICPP. R software (version 4.

Effectiveness and Safety of Combination Therapy with Herbal Medicine and Growth Hormone Compared to Growth Hormone Monotherapy for Short Stature Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Introduction: Herbal medicines (HM) and growth hormones (GH) are widely used to treat short stature (SS) in children. This systematic review aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of combination therapy with HM and GH (CHG) compared to those of GH monotherapy (GHM) in children with SS.

Methods: We searched 17 electronic databases from inception to 1 April 2021.

Perceptions and Treatment of Precocious Puberty: A Questionnaire Survey among Caregivers in South Korea.

This study aims to provide the basis for developing complementary and alternative treatment approaches for precocious puberty (PP) by examining caregivers' awareness, along with their preferences and expectations from various treatments. It included data collected between July 2019 and March 2020, from 175 caregivers of children who were undergoing or had undergone treatment for PP. The questionnaire comprised 53 questions on the awareness, acquisition of information, perceptions of treatments, and concerns about PP, as well as awareness of habit management (HM) and children's actual habits.