Birth weight influences long-term catch-up growth and height prognosis of GH-deficient children treated before the age of 2 years

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 460-465

  Wasniewska, Malgorzata ^c   Arrigo, Teresa ^c   Cisternino, Mariangela ^a   De Luca, Francesco ^b   Ghizzoni, Lucia ^a   Maghnie, Mohamad ^a   Valenzise, Mariella ^c   De Luca, Filippo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BONE AGE; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034083029     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1420460     Document Type: Article

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