Excessive infantile growth and early pubertal growth spurt: Typical features in patients with aspartylglycosaminuria

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 761-763

  Arvio, Pekka ^a,b,c   Arvio, Maria ^a,b   Marttinen, Eino ^a,b   Sipilä, Ilkka ^a,b   Pirinen, Sinikka ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Pääjärvi Center   (Finland)

^c NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPARTYLGLYCOSAMINURIA; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GROWTH ACCELERATION; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT STATURE;

EID: 0033512909     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(99)70294-5     Document Type: Article

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