PEDIATRICS Vol. 99 No. 3 March 1997, pp. 499-501 (doi:10.1542/peds.99.3.499a)
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PEDIATRICS Vol. 99 No. 3 March 1997, pp. 499-501

Anxiety and Short Stature

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To the Editor.

Pine et al1 find that anxiety disorders during childhood prospectively predicted relatively short stature in early adulthood among females. Neurobiologic features are suggested by studies linking anxiety with dopamine abnormalities lateralized to the right hemisphere, in which the metabolic rate is higher in females.2,3 This hypothesis is supported by . . . [Full Text of this Article]