GROWTH ARREST DESPITE GROWTH-HORMONE REPLACEMENT, POST-CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA SURGERY

Authors
DEVILE CJ NEVILLE BGR STANHOPE R HAYWARD RD GRANT DB
Citation
Cj. Devile et al., GROWTH ARREST DESPITE GROWTH-HORMONE REPLACEMENT, POST-CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA SURGERY, Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 88(4), 1995, pp. 227-228
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
01410768
Volume
88
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
227 - 228
Database
ISI
SICI code
0141-0768(1995)88:4<227:GADGRP>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Children with growth failure, whether secondary to an endocrinopathy s uch as growth hormone deficiency or secondary to neurological handicap with poor nutrient intake, grow at a subnormal rate but it is most un usual for a child to have complete growth arrest.