Motives for growth enhancing hormone treatment in adolescents with idiopathic short stature or persistent short stature after born small for gestational age: a questionnaire and structured interview study
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Motives for choosing growth-enhancing hormone treatment in adolescents with idiopathic short stature: a questionnaire and structured interview study
BACKGROUND Growth-enhancing hormone treatment is considered a possible intervention in short but otherwise healthy adolescents. Although height gain is an obvious measure for evaluating hormone treatment, this may not be the ultimate goal for the person, but rather a means to reach other goals such as the amelioration of current height-related psychosocial problems or the enhancement of future ...
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Background: Short children face many problems throughout their lives. Consumption of growth hormone and the drugs such as Letrozole, Oxandrolone, and Anastrozole can increase the growth of children and adolescents. There is not an overall estimate of the effects of Letrozole, Oxandrolone, and Anastrozole on the growth of children and adolescents with Idiopathic Short Stature (ISS). There are di...
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Few data are available about parental concerns and psychosocial functioning of young children born small for gestational age (SGA) treated with growth hormone (GH). The present study focused on the perception of short stature and the concerns and expectations of the parents regarding GH treatment. METHODS Forty prepubertal short SGA children, randomized into a GH-treated and a...
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Address: (1) Department of Pediatric Psychology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, The Netherlands; (2) Department of Developmental Psychology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands; (3) Department of Health Psychology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands; (4) Department of Pediatrics, Gooi-Noord Hospital, Blaricum, The Netherlands; (5) Department of Medical Psych...
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