Hernandez R J, Poznanski A K, Hopwood N J, Kelch R P
AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1978 Sep;131(3):477-9. doi: 10.2214/ajr.131.3.477.
The presence of growth lines in the distal radius was evaluated prior to treatment in 23 psychosocial dwarfs and 25 patients with idiopathic hypopituitarism. The lines were very common in the psychosocial dwarfs and rare in the pituitary dwarfs (P = .0005). This finding can be explained by the fluctuating adverse environment to which the psychosocial dwarf is exposed and the constant lack of growth in hypopituitary patients. Therefore, in the absence of systemic disease, when growth lines are present in a patient with short stature or failure to thrive, a thorough review of the patient's psychosocial environment should be made.
在对23名心理社会性侏儒症患者和25名特发性垂体功能减退症患者进行治疗前，评估了桡骨远端生长线的情况。生长线在心理社会性侏儒症患者中非常常见，而在垂体性侏儒症患者中很少见（P = 0.0005）。这一发现可以通过心理社会性侏儒症患者所面临的波动的不良环境以及垂体功能减退症患者持续缺乏生长来解释。因此，在没有全身性疾病的情况下，当身材矮小或发育不良的患者出现生长线时，应全面审查患者的心理社会环境。
