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Growth Retardation in Steroid Dependent Asthma Corrected by Corticotrophin (ACTH)

Case Reports with Comments

P. Syamasundar Rao

Department of Pediatrics, Good Samaritan Hospital, Phoenix, Ariz

Herman W. Lipow

Department of Pediatrics, Good Samaritan Hospital, Phoenix, Ariz

When longterm corticosteroid therapy is found necessary in children during their growth period, their linear growth should be monitored very carefully. If evidence of growth re tardation occurs, then a change to ACTH should be considered.

Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 11, No. 2, 93-97 (1972)
DOI: 10.1177/000992287201100215
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