New reference growth charts for Japanese girls with Turner syndrome

Pediatrics International

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 709-714

  Isojima, Tsuyoshi ^a   Yokoya, Susumu ^a,b   Ito, Junko ^b,c   Horikawa, Reiko ^a,b   Tanaka, Toshiaki ^b,d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^b Tanaka Growth Clinic   (Japan)

^c Foundation for Growth Science   (Japan)

^d TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Growth chart; LMS method; Secular trend; Turner syndrome

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; TURNER SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH CHARTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURNER SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349593236     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2009.02838.x     Document Type: Article

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