Studies on psychosocial effects after GH treatment for short stature exhibit bias

24 Nov 2015


Studies reporting on psychological outcomes after growth hormone treatment for short stature in children include a high risk for bias, in part due to a failure to mask participants in most randomized trials and a failure to control for potential confounding factors, according to a systematic review in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

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