Effect of low-dose testosterone treatment on craniofacial growth in boys with delayed puberty

European Journal of Orthodontics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 137-143

  Verdonck, A ^a   Gaethofs, M ^b   Carels, C ^b   De Zegher, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELAYED PUBERTY; DRUG EFFECT; FACIAL BONE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; PUBERTY; SKULL BASE; TESTIS; TOOTH OCCLUSION;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; FACIAL BONES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; PUBERTY; PUBERTY, DELAYED; SKULL BASE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; VERTICAL DIMENSION;

EID: 0033110216     PISSN: 01415387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejo/21.2.137     Document Type: Article

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