Obesity in 21-hydroxylase deficient patients

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 261-263

  Cornean, Rodica E ^a   Hindmarsh, Peter C ^a   Brook, Charles G D ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adiposity rebound; Body mass index; Congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE DEFICIENCY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031901135     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.78.3.261     Document Type: Article

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