Growth on stimulant medication; clarifying the confusion: A review

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 801-806

  Poulton, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; DEXAMPHETAMINE; METHYLPHENIDATE;

ANOREXIA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD GROWTH; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH DISORDER; GROWTH RATE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BODY HEIGHT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION, CHEMICAL; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE;

EID: 23144464946     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2004.056952     Document Type: Review

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