Natural history of idiopathic advanced bone age diagnosed in childhood: Pattern of growth and puberty

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-55

  Lazar, Liora ^a,b   Lebenthal, Yael ^a   Shalitin, Shlomit ^a,b   Phillip, Moshe ^a,b  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bone age advancement; Final height; Height prediction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AGE; BONE AGE ADVANCEMENT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH ACCELERATION; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREPUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DISEASES, DEVELOPMENTAL; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HAND; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PARENTS; PROGNOSIS; PUBERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79151483834     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319315     Document Type: Article

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