Assessment of abnormal growth curves

American Family Physician

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 153-158

  Legler, James D ^a   Rose, Lewis C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD GROWTH; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH DISORDER; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH RATE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MALNUTRITION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ALGORITHMS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS;

EID: 2642618602     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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