Patient knowledge and compliance with growth hormone treatment.
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Compliance with growth hormone treatment--are they getting it?
A study was undertaken to investigate compliance in patients receiving growth hormone treatment. Two hundred patients completed a questionnaire designed to establish understanding about and compliance with treatment; 50% of our patients failed to comply with all aspects of their treatment. Failure to respond to treatment seems to be associated with poor compliance.
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.68.4.525