Persistent short stature, other potential outcomes, and the effect of growth hormone treatment in children who are born small for gestational age

Pediatrics

Volumn 112, Issue 1 I, 2003, Pages 150-162

  Lee, Peter A ^a   Kendig, James W ^b   Kerrigan, James R ^b  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

CATCH UP GROWTH; COGNITION; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHORT STATURE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DWARFISM; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; PREJUDICE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0038080926     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.112.1.150     Document Type: Review

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