Association between head circumference and body size

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 213-219

  Geraedts, Erica J ^a   Van Dommelen, Paula ^b   Caliebe, Janina ^d   Visser, Remco ^a   Ranke, Michael B ^d   Van Buuren, Stef ^b,c   Wit, Jan M ^a   Oostdijk, Wilma ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cranial growth; Growth disorders; Head circumference; IGF1R defect; Sotos syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT STATURE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOTOS SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEAD; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952573160     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321192     Document Type: Article

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