Weight-height relationship in girls with normal body fat content - Turner's syndrome vs. healthy short-statured

Introduction: Turner’s syndrome is characterised by severely deficient body height and distorted body proportions as compared with healthy girls. It could be expected that shorter legs with respect to trunk length, together with a wider shoulder girdle, would disturb weight-height proporti...

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Main Authors: Edyta Sienkiewicz-Dianzenza, Katarzyna Milde, Paweł Tomaszewski, Romuald Stupnicki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Termedia Publishing House 2009-09-01
Series:Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
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Online Access:http://cornetis.pl/pliki/ED/2009/3/ED_2009_3_149.pdf