Multiethnic WHO growth charts may not be optimal in the screening of disorders affecting height: Turner syndrome as a model

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 194-195

  Saari, Antti ^a   Sankilampi, Ulla ^b   Dunkel, Leo ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY HEIGHT; BRAZIL; COMORBIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; GENETICS; GHANA; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH DISORDER; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN NEEDS; INDIA; KARYOTYPE 45,X; NORWAY; NOTE; OMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TURNER SYNDROME; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINLAND; GROWTH CHARTS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; TURNER SYNDROME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84873423526     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.436     Document Type: Note

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