Weight relative to height before and during growth hormone therapy in prepubertal children

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 565-569

  Kaplowitz, P B ^a   Rundle, A C ^b   Blethen, S L ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Body Composition; Growth Hormone Deficiency; Growth Hormone Therapy

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN RADIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT STATURE;

EID: 0031721077     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-978934     Document Type: Article

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