Scoliosis in Prader-Willi syndrome: Prevalence, effects of age, gender, body mass index, lean body mass and genotype

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1012-1016

  De Lind Van Wijngaarden, R F A ^a,b   De Klerk, L W L ^b   Festen, D A M ^a   Hokken Koelega, A C S ^a,b  

^a Dutch Growth Research Foundation   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; C CURVE SCOLIOSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GROUPS BY AGE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; INFANT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 50249182092     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.123836     Document Type: Article

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