Investigation of suspected growth hormone deficiency
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- 1 December 1982
- journal article
- other
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 57 (12), 944-947
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.57.12.944
Abstract
This paper describes views of the Health Services Human Growth Hormone Committee on how a child suspected of growth hormone deficiency should be investigated in a district general hospital or in a regional growth centre.Keywords
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