Non-compliance with growth hormone treatment in children is common and impairs linear growth

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Cutfield, Wayne S ^a,b   Derraik, José G B ^a   Gunn, Alistair J ^b   Reid, Kyle ^c   Delany, Theresa ^a   Robinson, Elizabeth ^b   Hofman, Paul L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c Pharmaceutical Management Agency   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; DRUG RESPONSE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FUNDING; GENDER; GOVERNMENT; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAORI; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; DRUG EFFECT; ETHNOLOGY; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDER; INFORMATION PROCESSING;

CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

EID: 79551643726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016223     Document Type: Article

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