Growth rates and the prevalence and progression of scoliosis in short-statured children on Australian growth hormone treatment programmes

Scoliosis

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Day, Gregory A ^a,b   McPhee, Ian Bruce ^a   Batch, Jenny ^a   Tomlinson, Francis H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

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EID: 34248392979     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17487161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-7161-2-3     Document Type: Article

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