Is it ethical to treat healthy short children with growth hormone?

Acta Paediatr Scand Suppl. 1989:362:18-23. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1989.tb11302.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Body Height* / drug effects
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Ethics, Medical*
  • Growth Disorders / drug therapy
  • Growth Hormone / adverse effects
  • Growth Hormone / deficiency
  • Growth Hormone / therapeutic use*
  • Health*
  • Humans
  • Parental Consent
  • Patient Selection*
  • Resource Allocation
  • Risk Assessment
  • Self Concept
  • Social Perception
  • Uncertainty

Substances

  • Growth Hormone