Calculation of knemometric growth rates in group studies of children treated with exogenous glucocorticoids

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 411-418

  Heuck, C ^b   Wolthers, O D ^a  

^a NONE   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE; EMOLLIENT AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADOLESCENT; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEG; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; AEROSOLS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; BUDESONIDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMOLLIENTS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GROWTH; HUMANS; LEG; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031225392     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014469700005172     Document Type: Article

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