Preliminary report on the short stature of Southeast Asian forest dwellers, the Manni, in southern Thailand: Lack of an adolescent spurt in plasma IGF-I concentration

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 62-65

  Ishida, Takafumi ^a   Suzuki, Juri ^b   Duangchan, Phaibool ^c   Settheetham Ishida, Wannapa ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c THAKSIN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN C;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RACE; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; THAILAND;

EID: 0032012484     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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