Growth hormone treatment of short children born small for gestational age: Metanalysis of four independent, randomized, controlled, multicentre studies

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics, Supplement

Volumn 85, Issue 417, 1996, Pages 27-31

  De Zegher, F ^a,g   Albertsson Wikland, K ^b   Wilton, P ^c   Chatelain, P ^d   Jonsson, B ^c   Lofstrom A ^c   Butenandt, O ^e   Chaussain, J L ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

catch up growth; fetus; growth hormone; growth hormone therapy; height; intrauterine growth retardation; small for gestational age; weight

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT STATURE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GROWTH; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MULTICENTER STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0030485083     PISSN: 08035326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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