Comparison of predicted adult heights measured by Bayley-Pinneau and Tanner-Whitehouse 3 methods in normal children, those with precocious puberty and with constitutional growth delay
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Oh, Yeon Joung
(Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Korea University)
Yu, Byung Keun (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Korea University) Shin, Jung Yeon (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Korea University) Lee, Kee-Hyoung (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Korea University) Park, Sang Hee (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Korea University) Lee, Kwang Chul (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Korea University) Son, Chang Sung (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Korea University) |
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