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. 1966 Sep;25(5):416–421. doi: 10.1136/ard.25.5.416

Corticosteroid-induced dwarfism in Still's disease treated with human growth hormone. Clinical and metabolic effects including hydroxyproline excretion in two cases.

D J Ward, M Hartog, B M Ansell
PMCID: PMC2453455  PMID: 5915585

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