Does growth-hormone supplementation affect adult height in Turner's syndrome?

Lancet

Volumn 348, Issue 9019, 1996, Pages 25-27

  Taback, Shayne P ^d   Collu, Robert ^a   Deal, Cheri L ^a   Guyda, Harvey J ^d   Salisbury, Sonia ^b   Dean, Heather J ^c   Van Vliet, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d Hôpital Ste Justine ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE AGE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 0001980075     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)01267-6     Document Type: Article

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