Effect of growth hormone treatment on adult height of children with idiopathic short stature

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 340, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 502-507

  Hintz, Raymond L ^a,d   Attie, Kenneth M ^b   Baptista, Joyce ^b   Roche, Alex ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT STATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE;

EID: 0033580234     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199902183400702     Document Type: Article

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