title: Is it ethical to treat healthy short children with growth hormone?
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Underwood
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Rieser
mesh_terms: D001827:Body Height / Q000187:drug effects; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000172:deficiency / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006262:Health; D006801:Humans; D033282:Parental Consent; D018579:Patient Selection; D040841:Resource Allocation; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012649:Self Concept; D012938:Social Perception; D035501:Uncertainty
chemical_list: D013006:Growth Hormone