Normal progression of testicular size in boys with idiopathic short stature and isolated growth hormone deficiency treated with growth hormone: Experience from the KIGS

Hormone Research

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 83-87

  Lindgren, Ann Christin ^a,f   Chatelain, P ^b   Lindberg, A ^a   Price, D A ^c   Ranke, M B ^d   Reiter, E O ^e   Wilton, P ^a  

^a Pharmacia Corporation   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth hormone; KIGS; Testicular volume

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HEIGHT; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; ISOLATED GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT STATURE; STANDARD; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS SIZE; VELOCITY;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GENITALIA, MALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; PUBERTY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TESTIS;

EID: 0036037454     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000064658     Document Type: Article

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