The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 155, Issue 5 , Pages 714-720 , November 2009

Effects of Treatment with Oxandrolone for 4 Years on the Frequency of Severe Arithmetic Learning Disability in Girls with Turner Syndrome

  • Judith L. Ross, MD

      Affiliations

    • Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
    • Department of Pediatrics and the duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr Judith L. Ross, Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Pediatrics, Suite 726, 1025 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107.
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  • Michele M.M. Mazzocco, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    • ,
  • Harvey Kushner, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Computer Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA
    • ,
  • Karen Kowal, PA

      Affiliations

    • Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Gordon B. Cutler Jr., MD

      Affiliations

    • Developmental Endocrinology Branch, NICHD, NIH, Bethesda, MD
    • ,
  • David Roeltgen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Center for Aphasia Research and Rehabilitation, Georgetown University, Washington, DC

Received 13 November 2008 ,Revised 14 April 2009 ,Accepted 21 May 2009.

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 Supported by NIH NS32531. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0022-3476(09)00538-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.05.031

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 155, Issue 5 , Pages 714-720 , November 2009

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