Effects of growth hormone on craniofacial growth: Duration of replacement therapy

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 970-977

  Funatsu, Minayo ^a   Sato, Koshi ^a   Mitani, Hideo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Craniofacial skeleton; Growth hormone deficiency; Growth hormone replacement therapy; Maxillary length; Ramus height; Upper facial height

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750595838     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: 00033219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2319/011905-17     Document Type: Article

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