Weight for age charts for children with achondroplasia

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 143, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 2227-2235

  Hoover Fong, J E ^a,b,e   McGready, J ^a,c   Schulze, K J ^a,c   Barnes, H ^a,b   Scott, C I ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Achondroplasia; Anthropometry; FGFR3; Growth; Weight

Indexed keywords

ACHONDROPLASIA; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ACHONDROPLASIA; ADOLESCENT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 34848866932     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31873     Document Type: Article

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