Evidence for Hypermetabolism in Boys with Constitutional Delay of Growth and Maturation
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Evaluation of near final height in boys with constitutional delay in growth and puberty
BACKGROUND This study was conducted to find out whether boys with constitutional delay in growth and puberty (CDGP) could attain their target height and predicted adult height (PAH) in adulthood or not. METHODS After measuring the height, weight, pubertal stage, parental height and bone age data of the patients at their first presentation were extracted from the files and their height and wei...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0021-972X,1945-7197
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2005-2762