The effects of growth hormone deficiency and growth hormone replacement therapy on intellectual ability, personality and adjustment in children

Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 328-338

  Puga Gonzalez B ^a   Ferrandez Longas A ^a   Oyarzabal M ^b   Nosas, R ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^b Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE SABADELL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerebral functions; Growth hormone

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

ADAPTATION; ADJUSTMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG EFFICACY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MCCARTHY TEST; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TRAIT; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WISCR SCALE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 77956085579     PISSN: 15654753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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