A prospective study of etiology of short stature in 426 short children and adolescents

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-27

  Moayeri, Heshmat ^a   Aghighi, Yahya ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Constitutional growth delay; Familial short stature; Growth hormone deficiency; Short stature

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE AGE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SHORT STATURE; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 3042658988     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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