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Growth arrest despite growth hormone replacement, post-craniopharyngioma surgery
C J DeVile1, R D Hayward, B G Neville
1Medical and Neurosciences Unit, Institute of Child Health, London, UK.
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
|April 1, 1995
Abstract:
Children with growth failure, whether secondary to an endocrinopathy such as growth hormone deficiency or secondary to neurological handicap with poor nutrient intake, grow at a subnormal rate but it is most unusual for a child to have complete growth arrest.