Boys with a simple delayed puberty reach their target height

Hormone Research

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 209-214

  Cools, B L M ^a,b   Rooman, R ^a   Op De Beeck, L ^a   Du Caju, M V L ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Boys; Delayed puberty; Final height; Height prediction; Total pubertal height gain

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELAYED PUBERTY; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; STANDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM BONES; BODY HEIGHT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PUBERTY, DELAYED;

EID: 50849129891     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000137663     Document Type: Article

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