Arm span, serum IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 levels as screening parameters for the diagnosing of growth hormone deficiency in patients with myelomeningocele - Preliminary data

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 451-455

  Trollmann, R ^a   Strehl, E ^a   Wenzel, D ^a   Dorr H G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Growth hormone deficiency; Insulin like growth factor binding protein 3; Insulin like growth factor 1; Myelomeningocele; Short stature

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ARM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SHORT STATURE;

ARM; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 3; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE;

EID: 0031835516     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004310050851     Document Type: Article

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