Growth curves of Egyptian patients with Turner syndrome
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Growth Curves for Girls with Turner Syndrome
A growth chart for girls with Turner syndrome has been prepared using data from four published series of European patients, and evaluated using retrospective data on the heights of girls with Turner syndrome seen at this hospital. The results indicate that calculation of height standard deviation score from this chart allows a reasonable prediction of adult stature in any patient with Turner sy...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1552-4825
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.35518