The role of growth hormone in determining birth size and early postnatal growth, using congenital growth hormone deficiency (GHD) as a model

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 223-231

  Mehta, Ameeta ^a   Hindmarsh, Peter C ^a   Stanhope, Richard G ^a   Turton, James P G ^a   Cole, Tim J ^a   Preece, Michael A ^a   Dattani, Mehul T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PITUITARY HORMONES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 23244449228     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02330.x     Document Type: Article

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