Reply to “Practice guidelines for short stature”
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Many referrals under Dutch short stature guidelines.
The number of referrals under strict adherence to the Dutch consensus guidelines for short stature was estimated using longitudinal data from 970 children (0-10 years). Results showed that over 38% of all children would have to be referred one or more times. There is therefore a clear need to revise the current guidelines.
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عنوان ژورنال: Genetics in Medicine
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1098-3600,1530-0366
DOI: 10.1097/gim.0b013e3181b77d38