Prediction of final height in short, normal and tall children.

doi:10.1111/j.1651-2227.1994.tb13411.x

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Prediction of final height in short, normal and tall children.

Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992). Supplement - 1 Dec 1994

Karlberg J, Lawrence C, Albertsson-Wikland K

Abstract excerpt

Measurements of final height were made on more than 4000 children in the final grade of school in Gothenburg in 1992; at the same time, mid-parental heights were recorded. These data were combined with other information (sex, length of gestation, size at birth, estimated age at peak height veloci...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Anthropometry
Birth Weight
Body Height
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Phenotype
Probability
Reference Values
Sweden

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