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Archive Home > 2009 > March > 19 > A growing problem

A growing problem

Many children need hormone injections to reach normal height


March 19, 2009

ORLANDO, Fla. — Madeline Truman Dang stands a few centimeters shy of 5 feet tall.

Although she longs to be taller, the 12-year-old knows that she’s lucky to be as tall as she is — doctors once warned her parents that Madeline might not grow more than 4 feet....

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