On the ethics of oestrogen treatment for tall girls: an update

2009 ◽  
Vol 35 (11) ◽  
pp. 713-714 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Louhiala
Keyword(s):  
Oestrogen Treatment ◽  
Tall Girls

Oestrogen treatment of adolescent tall girls; short term side effects

1986 ◽  
Vol 113 (4_Suppl) ◽  
pp. S170-S173 ◽  
Author(s):  
OLAV TRYGSTAD
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Idiopathic Scoliosis ◽  
Final Height ◽  
Psychosocial Problems ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Oestrogen Treatment ◽  
Duration Of Therapy ◽  
Tall Girls ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Ethinyl Oestradiol

Abstract In 1980-1985 680 preadolescent tall girls were treated with pharmacological doses of oestrogen to reduce final height. Indications for the therapy were predicted final height >+2.5 SD (180.75 cm), idiopathic scoliosis, and psychosocial problems. Until 1976 141 girls were given diethyl stilboestrol 5 mg daily. By advice of Prader this was then replaced by ethinyl oestradiol and a progestin was given on days 5-10 each month. The mean duration of therapy was close to 2 years. The observed short-term unwanted effects were due to the pharmacological actions of the drugs, (11 girls had galactorrhoea at the end of therapy; no pituitary prolactionoma was observed) or events happening by chance.

Oestrogen treatment to reduce the adult height of tall girls: long-term effects on fertility

The Lancet ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 364 (9444) ◽  
pp. 1513-1518 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Venn ◽  
Fiona Bruinsma ◽  
George Werther ◽  
Priscilla Pyett ◽  
Donna Baird ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adult Height ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Oestrogen Treatment ◽  
Tall Girls

Differential effects of oestrogen treatment on the proportionality of growth in tall girls

1989 ◽  
Vol 149 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Hermanussen ◽  
K. Geiger-Benoit ◽  
J. Burmeister
Keyword(s):  
Oestrogen Treatment ◽  
Differential Effects ◽  
Tall Girls

The effect of oestrogen treatment on body proportions in constitutionally tall girls

1994 ◽  
Vol 153 (4) ◽  
pp. 237-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Brinkers ◽  
P. J. Lamoré ◽  
E. F. Gevers ◽  
B. Boersma ◽  
J. M. Wit
Keyword(s):  
Body Proportions ◽  
Oestrogen Treatment ◽  
Tall Girls

Oestrogen Treatment of Tall Girls: Effect Decreases with Age

1991 ◽  
Vol 80 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 712-717 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. IGNATIUS ◽  
H. L. LENKO ◽  
J. PERHEENTUPA
Keyword(s):  
Oestrogen Treatment ◽  
Tall Girls

The effect of oestrogen treatment on body proportions in constitutionally tall girls

1994 ◽  
Vol 153 (4) ◽  
pp. 237-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Brinkers ◽  
P. J. Lamor� ◽  
E. F. Gevers ◽  
B. Boersma ◽  
J. M. Wit
Keyword(s):  
Body Proportions ◽  
Oestrogen Treatment ◽  
Tall Girls
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