Longitudinal evaluation of growth, puberty, and bone maturation in children with Williams syndrome

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 82-89

  Parfsch, Carl Joachim ^a,b,c,d   Dreyer, Gunther ^a,b,c   Gosch, Angela ^a,b,c   Winter, Martin ^a,b,c   Schneppenheim, Reinhard ^a,b,c   Wessel, Armin ^a,b,c   Pankau, Rainer ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c Children's Hospital   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE; BONE MATURATION; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH ACCELERATION; GROWTH RATE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME; X RAY FILM;

EID: 0032941142     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(99)70376-8     Document Type: Article

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