Effect of long-term growth hormone treatment on final height of children with Russell-Silver syndrome

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 212-217

  Toumba, Meropi ^a,d   Albanese, Assunta ^b   Azcona, Cristina ^c   Stanhope, Richard ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^d Archbishop Makarios III Hospital   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Final height; Growth; Growth hormone treatment; Growth prognosis; Russell Silver syndrome

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INFANT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PREPUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SILVER RUSSELL SYNDROME; SITTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SILVER-RUSSELL SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78049472121     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000295924     Document Type: Article

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