Linear growth and body mass index in pediatric patients with Cushing's disease or simple obesity.
BACKGROUND: Increasing prevalence of childhood obesity has resulted in an accelerating rate of referrals of overweight patients to pediatric clinics for exclusion of endocrine or metabolic etiologies. The exclusion of Cushing's disease (CD) requires complex and potentially invasive investigatio...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2006
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