Growth and management of short stature in thalassaemia major

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1998, Pages 835-844

  Theodoridis, Charalambos ^b   Ladis, Vassilis ^a   Papatheodorou, Anna ^b   Berdousi, Helen ^a   Palamidou, Fani ^a   Evagelopoulou, Catherine ^b   Athanassaki, Korina ^a   Konstantoura, Odyssia ^b   Kattamis, Christos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b P AND A KYRIAKOU CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY HEIGHT; BONE AGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DELAYED PUBERTY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROVOCATION TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT STATURE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CLONIDINE; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN; LEVODOPA; MALE; PUBERTY, DELAYED;

EID: 0032423196     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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