Muscle function improves during growth hormone therapy in short children born small for gestational age: Results of a peripheral quantitative computed tomography study on body composition

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2978-2983

  Schweizer, Roland ^a   Martin, David D ^a   Schönau, Eckhard ^b   Ranke, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SILVER RUSSELL SYNDROME; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 49249103700     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2007-2600     Document Type: Article

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