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'''Growth attenuation''' is a medical treatment which involves adminstering [[estrogen]] to cause closure of the bone plates, resulting in stunted growth. This is usually done on people who wish not to grow any taller beyond a desired height.{{ |
'''Growth attenuation''' is a medical treatment which involves adminstering [[estrogen]] to cause closure of the bone plates, resulting in stunted growth. This is usually done on people who wish not to grow any taller beyond a desired height.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} At one time, growth attenuation was practiced on girls who were expected to reach an above average height, due to a cultural bias against tall women<ref>Joyce M. Lee and Joel D. Howell.[http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/160/10/1035 Tall Girls: The Social Shaping of a Medical Therapy] ''Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Vol. 160 No. 10, October 2006.</ref>. More recently, growth attenuation was administered to a developmentally disabled girl as part of the controversial [[Ashley Treatment]]. |
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Revision as of 04:01, 11 February 2007
Growth attenuation is a medical treatment which involves adminstering estrogen to cause closure of the bone plates, resulting in stunted growth. This is usually done on people who wish not to grow any taller beyond a desired height.[citation needed] At one time, growth attenuation was practiced on girls who were expected to reach an above average height, due to a cultural bias against tall women[1]. More recently, growth attenuation was administered to a developmentally disabled girl as part of the controversial Ashley Treatment.
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- ^ Joyce M. Lee and Joel D. Howell.Tall Girls: The Social Shaping of a Medical Therapy Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Vol. 160 No. 10, October 2006.