Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, Vol 88, Issue 4 227-228, Copyright © 1995 by Royal Society of Medicine
ORIGINAL ARTICLES |
CJ DeVile, RD Hayward, BG Neville, DB Grant and R Stanhope
Medical and Neurosciences Unit, Institute of Child Health, London, UK.
Children with growth failure, whether secondary to an endocrinopathy such as growth hormone deficiency or secondary to neurological handicap with poor nutrient intake, grow at a subnormal rate but it is most unusual for a child to have complete growth arrest.