Short Stature and Functional Impairment: A Systematic Review

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 236-243

  Wheeler, Patricia G ^a,b   Bresnahan, Karen ^a   Shephard, Barbara A ^a   Lau, Joseph ^b   Balk, Ethan M ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SHORT STATURE; SILVER RUSSELL SYNDROME; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 1442289256     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.158.3.236     Document Type: Review

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