Use of magnetic resonance imaging in short stature: Data from National Cooperative Growth Study (NCGS) substudy 8

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2002, Pages 675-679

  Kemp, Stephen F ^a   Alter, Craig A ^a   Dana, Ken ^a   Baptista, Joyce ^a   Blethen, Sandra L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth hormone deficiency; Magnetic resonance imaging; Short stature

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECTOPIC TISSUE; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOPLASIA; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; INFUNDIBULUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN; PROVOCATION TEST; SHORT STATURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; BODY HEIGHT; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036287356     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpem.2002.15.s2.675     Document Type: Article

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