Growth charts for children with down's syndrome in Saudi Arabia: Birth to 5 years

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 170-174

  Al Husain, Muneera ^a  

^a Department of Paediatrics   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SHORT STATURE; UNDERWEIGHT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0037399031     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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