Young adults with cystic fibrosis are shorter than healthy peers because their parents are also short

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 164, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 781-782

  Arrigo, Teresa ^a   De Luca, Filippo ^a   Sferlazzas, Concetta ^a   Lucanto, Cristina ^a   Messina, Maria Francesca ^a   Valenzise, Mariella ^a   Marseglia, Lucia ^a   Wasniewska, Malgorzata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PARENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 27744487544     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-005-1749-1     Document Type: Article

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