Assessing short-statured children for growth hormone deficiency

Hormone Research

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 34-42

  Chemaitilly, W ^a   Trivin, C ^b   Souberbielle, J C ^b   Brauner, R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c Fondation Hôpital Saint Joseph ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Growth hormone; Growth hormone deficiency; Insulin like growth factor; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pubertal delay; Short stature

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH RATE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFUNDIBULUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROVOCATION; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT STATURE; SLEEP;

EID: 0038278874     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070825     Document Type: Article

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