Abnormalities of the axial and proximal appendicular skeleton in adults with Laron syndrome (growth hormone insensitivity)

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-160

  Kornreich, L ^a,c   Konen, O ^a,c   Schwarz, M ^a,c   Siegel, Y ^b,d   Horev, G ^a,c   Hershkovitz, I ^c   Laron, Z ^a,c  

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

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

IGF 1 deficiency; Laron syndrome; Skeletal system

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIPHYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HORMONE RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMERUS; LARON SYNDROME; LEG; LONG BONE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPHYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETON MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORACIC SPINE; ULNA; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGED; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; BONE AND BONES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; HUMERUS; LARON SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPHYTE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINE;

EID: 37549051378     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-007-0402-7     Document Type: Article

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