Reference values for height and weight in Prader-Willi syndrome based on 315 patients

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 157, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 634-642

  Wollmann, H A ^a   Schultz, U ^a   Grauer, M L ^a   Ranke, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Final height; Growth; Prader Willi syndrome; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0031852035     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004310050901     Document Type: Article

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