Short-term changes in urinary growth hormone excretion and lower leg length in healthy children

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 72-75

  Ahmed, S F ^a   Barnes, S I ^b   Wallace, W H B ^a   Kelnar, C J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knemometry; Lower leg length; Urinary growth hormone

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0030878265     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000185489     Document Type: Article

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