Pelvic ultrasound evaluation in patients with Turner syndrome during treatment with growth hormone

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 172-177

  Sampaolo, P ^a   Calcaterra, V ^a   Klersy, C ^b   Alfei, A ^a   De Leonardis, C ^a   Maino, M ^a   Larizza, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Growth hormone; Ovarian morphology; Turner syndrome; Uterine volume

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; OXANDROLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CHROMOSOME VARIANT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENARCHE; MOLECULAR SIZE; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STIMULATION; TURNER SYNDROME; ULTRASOUND; X CHROMOSOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENARCHE; OVARY; TURNER SYNDROME; UTERUS;

EID: 0041589347     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.144     Document Type: Article

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