Growth standards of infants with Prader-Willi syndrome

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 687-695

  Butler, Merlin G ^a   Sturich, Jennifer ^a   Lee, Jaehoon ^b   Myers, Susan E ^c   Whitman, Barbara Y ^c   Gold, June Anne ^d,e   Kimonis, Virginia ^d   Scheimann, Ann ^f   Terrazas, Norma ^g   Driscoll, Daniel J ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth hormone therapy; Obesity; Prader Willi syndrome; Standardized growth curves

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD;

AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH CHARTS; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79953321627     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-2736     Document Type: Article

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