Selecting short-statured children needing growth hormone testing: Derivation and validation of a clinical decision rule

BACKGROUND: Numerous short-statured children are evaluated for growth hormone (GH) deficiency (GHD). In most patients, GH provocative tests are normal and are thus in retrospect unnecessary. METHODS: A retrospective cohort study was conducted to identify predictors of growth hormone (GH) deficiency...

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Autores principales: Duché, Laëtitia, Trivin, Christine, Chemaitilly, Wassim, Souberbielle, Jean Claude, Bréart, Gérard, Brauner, Raja, Chalumeau, Martin
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2492843/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18631396
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-8-29

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