Growth parameters and endocrine function in relation to echocardiographic parameters in children and adolescents with compensated rheumatic heart disease

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 4-9

  Soliman, Ashraf T ^a,c   El Nawawy, Ahmed ^a   El Azzoni, Omar ^a   El Ashmawy, Hesham ^a   Marzook, Salah ^a   Amer, El Sayed ^b  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b BENHA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c ROYAL HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLONIDINE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; GROWTH RATE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL MATURITY; SHORT STATURE;

EID: 0031044078     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/43.1.4     Document Type: Article

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