Trans kids on puberty blockers maintain pretty stable bone density during a period when cis kids rapidly gain bone density. Researchers conclude "there was no significant change in [bone density]," further scans are not needed, and trans kids should have their own reference group https://twitter.com/will_malone/status/1148000551608750080 …
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28161526 says that 91% of trans girls and 96% of trans boys in their sample had gametes mature enough for preservation.
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"Five children were prepubertal, no hormone therapy was considered, and they were therefore excluded." It sounds like their inclusion criteria excluded children who had not gone through puberty.
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