Preliminary validation of a prediction model for the short-term growth response to growth hormone therapy in children with idiopathic short stature

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics, Supplement

Volumn 85, Issue 417, 1996, Pages 66-68

  Spagnoli, A ^a   Spadoni, G L ^b   Boscherini, B ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

growth hormone; idiopathic short stature; multivariate analysis

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT STATURE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; FORECASTING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; FORECASTING; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030485227     PISSN: 08035326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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