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Re: Doctors stunt 6-year-old's growth to keep her small

Posted by paul on March 5, 2007, 4:33 pm, in reply to "Re: Doctors stunt 6-year-old's growth to keep her small"
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"Stunting her growth height is only half the story. The hormones she is being given stunt her overall growth - the ability of her brain to make new synapes." Susan, do you have a source to support this statement? I have never heard it implied that estrogen growth attenuation affects synaptic development. But - it is certainly not my field.

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