Quantitative calcaneal ultrasound parameters and bone mineral density at final height in girls treated with depot gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonist for central precocious puberty or idiopathic short stature

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 162, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 776-780

  Kapteijns Van Kordelaar, Simone ^a   Noordam, Kees ^a   Otten, Barto ^a   Van Den Bergh, Joop ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Sint Maartensgasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Central precocious puberty; Gonadotrophin releasing hormone agonist; Idiopathic short stature; Quantitative ultrasound parameters

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; TRIPTORELIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CALCANEUS; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG SAFETY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIODENSITOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT STATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; CHILD; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIPTORELIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0242404295     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-003-1300-1     Document Type: Article

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