title: [Differential diagnosis of psychosocial dwarfism].
abstract: 2 case reports regarding patients with a psychosocial dwarfism. Both children showed clinical and endocrinological signs of "idiopathic" hypopituitarism. Both patients came from economically well situated families of the upper middle-class. Disturbances in eating and sleeping behaviour are important hints that there might be a psychosocial etiology.
authors.affiliation: Altonaer Kinderkrankenhaus von 1859, Hamburg-Altona, BRD.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Blunck
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morlot
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Börner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004393:Dwarfism, Pituitary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000172:deficiency*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D011610:Psychosocial Deprivation
chemical_list: D013006:Growth Hormone
vernacular_title: Zur Differentialdiagnose des psychosozialen Minderwuchses.