Long-term recombinant human growth hormone use in Australian children with renal disease

Nephrology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 325-330

  Crompton, Charles H ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Final adult height; Growth; Recombinant human growth hormone; Renal disease

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BONE AGE; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT STATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 9644302453     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2004.00318.x     Document Type: Article

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