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[Hip diseases and growth hormone deficiency]
O Puel1, D Dufillot, J M Guillard
1Service de Pédiatrie B, Hôpital des Enfants, Bordeaux, France.
Archives Francaises De Pediatrie
|May 1, 1992
Abstract:
Five cases of hip disease (3 Perthes disease, 2 slipped capital femoral epiphyses) occurring in growth hormone deficient children are described. Relationships with the endocrine deficiency and its treatment are discussed. Growth hormone treatment does not appear to be a causative factor.