A new method to determine mean adult height from incomplete follow-up data

Hormone Research

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 205-210

  De Ridder, Maria A J ^a,b,d   Stijnen, Theo ^b   Hokken Koelega, Anita C S ^a,c  

^a Dutch Growth Foundation   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d Dutch Growth Foundation   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adult height; Growth studies, long term follow up

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; TURNER SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 33947412398     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000098401     Document Type: Article

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