Growth monitoring

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 10-15

  Hall, David M B ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH RATE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURNER SYNDROME;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DWARFISM, PITUITARY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GROWTH DISORDERS; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 0034021570     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.82.1.10     Document Type: Article

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