Growth in pre-pubertal children with myelomeningocele (MMC) on growth hormone (GH): The KIGS experience

Pediatric Rehabilitation

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 144-148

  Trollmann, Regina ^a   Bakker, Bert ^b   Lundberg, Martin ^b   Doerr, Helmuth G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Growth hormone therapy; KIGS; Myelomeningocele

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; DATA BASE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOCELE; PATIENT; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PUBERTY, DELAYED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 32044457154     PISSN: 13638491     EISSN: 14645270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13638490500373465     Document Type: Article

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