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Pediatr. (Rio J.) vol.83 no.5 suppl.0 Porto Alegre Nov. 2007 
Durval DamianiI; Daniel DamianiII  IProfessor livre-docente.
Chefe, Unidade de Endocrinologia Pediátrica, Instituto da
Criança, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina,
Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
IIBiomédico. Aluno de iniciação científica, Faculdade de
Medicina, Universidade Nove de Julho, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Keywords: Short stature, aromatase inhibitors, bone age,
estrogens, androgens, puberty.     Concerns about short stature,
especially among boys, have become an obsession and, generally,
a misleading idea that parents can "choose" the final height of
their children