The diagnostic work up of growth failure in secondary health care; An evaluation of consensus guidelines

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Grote, Floor K ^a   Oostdijk, Wilma ^a   De Muinck Keizer Schrama, Sabine M P F ^b   van Dommelen, Paula ^c   van Buuren, Stef ^c,d   Dekker, Friedo W ^a   Ketel, Arnoldus G ^e   Moll, Henriette A ^b   Wit, Jan M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e N   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT STATURE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; TURNER SYNDROME; BLOOD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; GENERAL HOSPITAL; INFANT; PITUITARY DWARFISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DWARFISM, PITUITARY; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 44949207546     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-8-21     Document Type: Article

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