Spontaneous growth and response to growth hormone treatment in children with growth hormone deficiency and idiopathic short stature

Pediatric Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 295-302

  Wit, J M ^a,c   Kamp, G A ^b   Rikken, B ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HEIGHT; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SHORT STATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030065486     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199602000-00018     Document Type: Article

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