Growth hormone testing in KIGS

Growth Hormone Therapy in Pediatrics-20 Years of KIGS

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 47-55

  Tauber, Maithé ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DES ENFANTS   (France)

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EID: 84882182658     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1159/000101522     Document Type: Chapter

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