Growth hormone therapy for the short normal child: Who needs it and who wants it? The case against growth hormone therapy

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 103-106

  Voss, Linda D ^a   Saenger, Paul ^b  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; FAMILY COUNSELING; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SHORT STATURE;

EID: 0033940594     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3476(00)90058-1     Document Type: Article

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