Body proportions during long-term growth hormone treatment in girls with turner syndrome participating in a randomized dose-response trial

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 4622-4628

  Sas, Theo C J ^a   Gerver, Willem Jan M ^b   De Bruin, Rob ^b   Stijnen, Theo ^c   De Muinck Keizer Schrama, Sabine M P F ^a   Cole, Tim J ^d   Van Teunenbroek, Arne ^a   Drop, Stenvert L ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

ACROMION; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 0033305248     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.84.12.4622     Document Type: Article

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