Hyperactive Boys Almost Grown Up: III. Methylphenidate Effects on Ultimate Height

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 1988, Pages 1131-1134

  Klein, Rachel Gittelman ^a,b   Mannuzza, Salvatore ^a,b  

^a LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE;

BODY GROWTH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL TRIALS; GROWTH; HUMAN; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; THIORIDAZINE;

EID: 0024202976     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1988.01800360079012     Document Type: Article

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