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Clinical ethics
How tall is too tall? On the ethics of oestrogen treatment for tall girls
- Correspondence to: Pekka Louhiala Vuorikatu 17 as 3, 13100 Hämeenlinna, Finland; pekka.louhiala{at}helsinki.fi
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How tall is too tall? On the ethics of oestrogen treatment for tall girls
Publication history
- Received February 9, 2006
- Accepted March 1, 2006
- Revised February 27, 2006
- First published January 5, 2007.
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January 05, 2007
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