Turner syndrome: A pediatric diagnosis frequently made by non-pediatricians

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-125

  De Carvalho, Annelise Barreto ^a   Guerra Jr , Gil ^a   Baptista, Maria Tereza M ^a   Marques de Faria, Antonia Paula ^a   De Lemos Marini, Sofia H V ^a   Maciel Guerra, Andréa T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chromosome aberrations; Early diagnosis; Growth disorders; Hypogonadism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELAYED PUBERTY; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TURNER SYNDROME; FEMALE; INFANT; MEDICINE; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MEDICINE; PEDIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 77951542284     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1985     Document Type: Article

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