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Effects of oestrogen on prepubescent children

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Francois Daubenton

Abstract


Oestrogen cream (combined oestriol and oestradiol) is being prescribed and sold without adequate warnings about its dangerously detrimental effects on the bones of developing children.


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Francois Daubenton, Psychiatrist in private practice, Cape Town, South Africa

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Keywords

Oestrogen cream; Children; Bone growth

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South African Medical Journal 2016;106(9):843. DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.2016.v106i9.11072

Article History

Date submitted: 2016-05-20
Date published: 2016-08-18

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