Idiopathic short stature: Reflections on its definition and spontaneous growth

Hormone Research

Volumn 67, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 50-57

  Wit, J M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Familial short stature; Idiopathic short stature; Non familial short stature; Small for gestational age

Indexed keywords

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT STATURE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

EID: 33847058741     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000097553     Document Type: Conference Paper

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