305 LUNG FUNCTION TESTS IN SHORT STATURE CHILDREN
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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: Pediatric Research
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0031-3998,1530-0447
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199407000-00305