Growth hormone deficiency in Sturge-Weber syndrome

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 340-341

  Miller, R S ^a   Ball, K L ^c   Comi, A M ^b   Germain Lee, E L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Sturge Weber Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CLONIDINE; CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LEVODOPA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOTROPIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STURGE WEBER SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STURGE-WEBER SYNDROME;

EID: 33645660968     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.082578     Document Type: Article

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