Growth deficiency in polytransfused β-thalassaemia patients is not growth hormone dependent

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 701-706

  Cavallo, Luciano ^a   Gurrado, Raffaele ^a   Gallo, Francesco ^a   Zecchino, Clara ^a   De Mattia, Domenico ^a   Tatò, Luciano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030788711     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1997.1951005.x     Document Type: Article

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