Growth hormone for children with chronic renal failure and on dialysis

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 618-621

  Kari, Jameela A ^a   Rees, Lesley ^b  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic renal failure; Dialysis; Growth; Growth hormone

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GROWTH RATE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT; KIDNEY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 21244460824     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-004-1801-9     Document Type: Article

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