Clinical practice. Short stature in childhood--challenges and choices

N Engl J Med. 2013 Mar 28;368(13):1220-8. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcp1213178.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Age Determination by Skeleton
  • Androgens / therapeutic use*
  • Body Height
  • Child
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Growth / physiology*
  • Growth Charts
  • Growth Disorders* / diagnosis
  • Growth Disorders* / drug therapy
  • Growth Disorders* / genetics
  • Human Growth Hormone / adverse effects
  • Human Growth Hormone / blood
  • Human Growth Hormone / deficiency
  • Human Growth Hormone / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Oxandrolone / therapeutic use*
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Testosterone / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Androgens
  • Human Growth Hormone
  • Testosterone
  • Oxandrolone