Diagnosis and differential diagnosis of obesity in childhood;Diagnosi e diagnosi differenziale dell'obesità in età pediatrica

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 461-470

  Crino A ^a   Greggio, N A ^b   Beccaria, L ^c   Schiaffini, R ^a   Pietrobelli, A ^d   Maffeis, C ^d  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Lecco   (Italy)

^d Policlinico Universitario gB Rossi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis of obesity; Endocrine obesity; Essential obesity; Genetic obesity

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; ANAMNESIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EVALUATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; METABOLIC DISORDER; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PATHOGENESIS; PSEUDOHYPOPARATHYROIDISM; REVIEW; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; BARDET-BIEDL SYNDROME; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBESITY; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME;

EID: 0344873250     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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