SHORT NORMAL STATURE - PSYCHOLOGICAL RESPONSE TO GROWTH HORMONE TREATMENT
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Psychological response to growth hormone treatment in short normal children.
This study provides a controlled assessment of the psychological (and physical) effects of growth hormone treatment. Fifteen short 'normal' children (height SD score < -2) have been treated with growth hormone since the age of 7/8 years. They, together with untreated short controls and average controls (10th-90th centiles), were assessed at recruitment, after three years, and after five years. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Research
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0031-3998,1530-0447
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199305001-00321