A simple diagnostic screening test for children with short stature - With emphasis on genetic defects along the GH axis

Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 96-98

  Laron, Zvi ^a,b   Silbergeld, Aviva ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abnormal Growth; GH deficiency; Growth charts; Idiopathic short stature; IGF I deficiency; Laron syndrome; SGA; Short Stature; Turner syndrome

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

CHILD GROWTH; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENE DELETION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; SHORT STATURE; SHORT SURVEY; TURNER SYNDROME;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GROWTH DISORDERS; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 33847733559     PISSN: 15654753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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