Definition and subcategorization of idiopathic short stature: Between consensus and controversy

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 76, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2011, Pages 3-6

  Wit, Jan M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Growth; Growth hormone; KIGS; Pathophysiology; Short stature

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIPHYSIS PLATE; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MEDICAL EXPERT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT STATURE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; MENARCHE; PUBERTY, DELAYED;

EID: 80052746652     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000330134     Document Type: Conference Paper

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