Etiologies and characteristics of children with chief complaint of short stature
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Etiologies and characteristics of children with chief complaint of short stature
PURPOSE Short stature is a very common reason for visits to pediatric endocrine clinics. It could be the first sign of an underlying disease. The purpose of this study is to investigate the etiologies and general characteristics of subjects who visited an outpatient clinic due to short stature. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 3,371 patients who visited Severance Chi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2287-1012,2287-1292
DOI: 10.6065/apem.2015.20.1.34