Growth hormone treatment in short normal children

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL., 1996, Pages 339-343

  Bernasconi, Sergio ^a   Volta, Cecilia ^a   Street, Maria E ^a   Mazzardo, Gemma ^a   Ferzetti, Anna ^a   Iughetti, Lorenzo ^a   Ghizzoni, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Final height; GH therapy; Short normal

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT STATURE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGING; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029738168     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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