Final height outcome and value of height prediction in boys with constitutional delay in growth and adolescence treated with intramuscular testosterone 125 mg per month for 3 months

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 267-272

  Kelly, Brian P ^a   Paterson, Wendy F ^a   Donaldson, Malcolm D ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ACCELERATION; ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE AGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; BODY HEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PUBERTY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0037337921     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2003.01692.x     Document Type: Article

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