The prevalence of growth hormone deficiency and celiac disease in short children

Clinical Medicine and Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 180-183

  Giovenale, Diletta ^a   Meazza, Cristina ^a   Cardinale, Giuliana M ^b   Sposito, Maddalena ^c   Mastrangelo, Costanzo ^d   Messini, Beatrice ^e   Citro, Giuseppe ^f   Delvecchio, Maurizio ^g   Di Maio, Salvatore ^h   Bozzola, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Maggiore   (Italy)

^c Clinica Pediatrica Monteluce   (Italy)

^d OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^e Ospedale di Foligno   (Italy)

^f SAN CARLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^h SANTOBONO PAUSILIPON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antiendomysial antibodies; Celiac disease; Growth hormone deficiency; Prevalence; Short children

Indexed keywords

ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; GROWTH HORMONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GLUTEN FREE DIET; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SHORT STATURE;

EID: 33749346074     PISSN: 15394182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3121/cmr.4.3.180     Document Type: Article

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