The effect of platyspondyly and pubertal growth spurt on the stature of patients with β-thalassaemia major

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 731-735

  Low, Chung Kai ^a   Kwan, Yin Wah ^a   Cheung, Pik To ^a   Li, Ming Chun ^a   Ha, Sau Yin ^a   Lau, Yu Lung ^a   Karlberg, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELAYED PUBERTY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PUBERTY, DELAYED;

EID: 2442498690     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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