Growth hormone improves clinical status in prepubertal children with cystic fibrosis: Results of a randomized controlled trial

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 636-642

  Hardin, Dana S ^a,b   Ellis, Kenneth J ^a,b   Dyson, Maynard ^a,b   Rice, Julie ^a,b   McConnell, Ruth ^a,b   Seilheimer, Dan K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Cook Children's Hospital ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLONIDINE; GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035200585     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpd.2001.117578     Document Type: Article

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