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Families can now use a recent FDA-approved drug that allows the shortest children out there to take daily injections of an artificial growth hormone. The drug works, but it raises some troubling questions. Vicki Mabrey reports.

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Other Authors: Cetta, Denise Schrier (Producer), Mabrey, Vicki, 1956- (Reporter)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: New York, NY : Columbia Broadcasting System, 2004.
Subjects:
Children > Growth.
Somatotropin > United States.
United States.
Vietnam.
Indonesia.
Indian Ocean.
Internet videos.
Television news programs.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Families can now use a recent FDA-approved drug that allows the shortest children out there to take daily injections of an artificial growth hormone. The drug works, but it raises some troubling questions. Vicki Mabrey reports.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (13 min.)
Playing Time:00:12:53