Low incidence of pathology detection and high cost of screening in the evaluation of asymptomatic short children

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1045-1051

  Sisley, Stephanie ^a   Trujillo, Marcela Vargas ^a   Khoury, Jane ^a   Backeljauw, Philippe ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BONE AGE; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CONSENSUS; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC SCREENING; GROWTH RATE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SHORT STATURE; STUDY DESIGN;

ADHD; ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER; BMI; BODY MASS INDEX; CCHMC; CDGM; CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ENDOCRINOLOGY CLINIC; CONSTITUTIONAL DELAY OF GROWTH AND MATURATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ESR; FAMILIAL SHORT STATURE; FREE THYROXINE; FSS; FT(4); GH; GROWTH HORMONE; HEIGHT VELOCITY; HV; IDIOPATHIC SHORT STATURE; IGA; IGF-1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; ISS; T(4); TARGET HEIGHT; TH; THYROXINE; TISSUE TRANSGLUTAMINASE; TTG;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PEDIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84884674855     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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