Predictors of the response to growth hormone in short prepubertal children post-renal transplant

British Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn , Issue SUPPL. 85, 1996, Pages 34-37

  Tonshoff B ^a   Haffner, D ^a   Albers, N ^a   Offner, G ^a   Mehls, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DRUG EFFECT; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PREDNISOLONE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0030203445     PISSN: 00070947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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