Growth Hormone Treatment and Fat Redistribution in Children Born Small for Gestational Age

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 327-330

  De Schepper, Jean ^a   Thomas, Muriel ^a   Beckers, Dominique ^a   Craen, Margarita ^a   Maes, Marc ^a   de Zegher, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT GROWTH HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39049160669     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.07.043     Document Type: Article

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