Psychological response to growth hormone treatment in short normal children

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 32-35

  Downie, A Bruce ^a   Mulligan, Jean ^a   McCaughey, Elizabeth S ^a   Stratford, Robert J ^b   Betts, Peter R ^c   Voss, Linda D ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth hormone; Psychometric testing; Short stature

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; SHORT STATURE;

EID: 0029940967     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.75.1.32     Document Type: Article

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