Defective growth hormone secretion in children with pycnodysostosis and improved linear growth after growth hormone treatment

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 242-244

  Soliman, Ashraf T ^a   Rajab, Anna ^a   AlSalmi, Issa ^a   Darwish, Assim ^a   Asfour, Maurice ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

Growth hormone; Growth hormone treatment; Insulin like growth factor I; Pycnodysostosis

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT STATURE;

EID: 0029786774     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.75.3.242     Document Type: Article

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