Euthyroid Hypothyrotropinemia in Children of Short Stature.
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Short Stature in Children
Accurate serial measurements of height and weight and an accurate record of growth are essential cornponents of the clinical evaluation of all children. Maintenance of a growth chart allows comparison of an individual child with a large population in terms of both percentile ranking and the determination of ‘ ‘ height age’ ‘ : the chronologic age at which the patient’s height falls on the 50th ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Endocrinologia Japonica
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0013-7219,2185-6370
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj1954.36.909