Medeiros, Aimee Lynn,  1972- <br/><br/>
Heightened expectations :  the rise of the human growth hormone industry in America / 
Aimee Medeiros. 
 - Tuscaloosa, Alabama :  The University of Alabama Press,  (c)2016. 
 - 1 online resource 
 - Nexus .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Making short stature a medical matter --  The era of early growth hormone therapy in the United States --  Short stature as a psychosocial risk factor in need of an effective cure --  Living the promise human growth hormone therapy. 
<br/><br/> Explores the complex relationship between the history of the social stigmatization of short stature in boys and the rise of the multibillion-dollar human growth hormone industry. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780817389628 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2015031973 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sports--Physiological aspects.--United States<br/>Somatotropin--Physiological effect--United States.<br/>Dwarfism.<br/>Pharmaceutical industry.<br/>Endocrine glands--Diseases.<br/>Industries.<br/>Genetic disorders.<br/>Pituitary hormones.<br/>History.<br/>Diseases.<br/>Bones--Diseases.<br/>Musculoskeletal system--Diseases.<br/>Humanities.<br/>Peptide hormones.<br/>Hormones.<br/>Somatotropin.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QP572  / .H454 2016