Improvements in behaviour and self-esteem following growth hormone treatment in short prepubertal children

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 291-303

  Chaplin, John Eric ^a   Kriström, Berit ^a,b   Jonsson, Björn ^c   Hägglöf, Bruno ^b   Tuvemo, Torsten ^c   Aronson, A Stefan ^d   Dahlgren, Jovanna ^a   Albertsson Wikland, Kerstin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d HALMSTAD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Growth hormone deficiency; Idiopathic short stature; Quality of life; Self perception; Short stature children, psychosocial variables

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ABBREVIATED PARENT TEACHER QUESTIONNAIRE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGRESSION; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BIRLESON DEPRESSION SELF REPORT SCALE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; I THINK I AM QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; PREPUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT STATURE; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WELL BEING VISUAL ANALOGUE SCALES FOR SHORT STATURE CHILDREN; WELLBEING;

AFFECT; ATTENTION; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PARENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79953657429     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322937     Document Type: Article

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