Double blind placebo controlled trial of low dose oxandrolone in the treatment of boys with constitutional delay of growth and puberty.
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Double blind placebo controlled trial of low dose oxandrolone in the treatment of boys with constitutional delay of growth and puberty.
Nineteen boys, mean age 14.4 years (range 12.9-16.3), with constitutional delay of growth and puberty were randomised into two groups in a double blind fashion for a three month period. Ten boys received oxandrolone, 2.5 mg per day (mean dose 0.072 mg/kg/day), and nine boys were treated with placebo. Mean growth velocity increased from 4.5 cm/year in the oxandrolone treated group to 9.6 cm/year...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.63.5.501