On the ethics of oestrogen treatment for tall girls: an update.
New empirical evidence on the long-term effects of oestrogen treatment for tall adolescent girls has shown that the intended psychosocial benefit of the treatment may not have been realised. This paper describes recent trends in the prevalence of the treatment and the results of a large Australian cohort study evaluating girls assessed between 1959 and 1993 for excessive growth. The paper concludes that oestrogen treatment to prevent extreme tallness should belong to the past, not to the future.
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Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. pekka.louhiala@helsinki.fi
D000293:Adolescent; D001315:Australia; D001827:Body Height / Q000187:drug effects*; D001828:Body Image; D002648:Child; D004967:Estrogens / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
D004967:Estrogens