Non-familial short stature Professor Cole comments:
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A simple chart to identify non-familial short stature.
OBJECTIVE To develop a chart to identify non-familial short stature. DESIGN A height chart that adjusts for maternal, paternal, midparental, or sibling height based on the British 1990 height reference. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Height between 2 and 9 years of age. RESULTS The chart identifies children whose height is below the familially adjusted 0.4th centile, assuming a correlation of 0.4 b...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0003-9888
DOI: 10.1136/adc.83.4.369b