Depressive tendency in children with growth hormone deficiency: ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 636-640

  Abe, Shinpei ^a,b   Okumura, Akihisa ^a   Mukae, Tomoaki ^b   Nakazawa, Tomoyuki ^a   Niijima, Shin Ichi ^b,c   Yamashiro, Yuichiro ^a   Shimizu, Toshiaki ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY NERIMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SHIZUOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Depression Self Rating Scale for Children; Depressive tendency; Growth hormone deficiency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 70350629968     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2009.01586.x     Document Type: Article

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