New height, weight and head circumference charts for British children with Williams syndrome

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 598-601

  Martin, Neil D T ^a,b   Smith, W R ^b   Cole, T J ^c   Preece, M A ^c  

^a KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 34347366314     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.107946     Document Type: Article

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