Normal growth in the short normal prepubertal child: The Wessex Growth Study

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 127-130

  Voss, L D ^a   Mulligan, J ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth; Growth monitoring; Short stature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREPUBERTY; SHORT STATURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031661169     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jms.5.3.127     Document Type: Article

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