RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Aetiology of growth hormone deficiency.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 735
OP 736
DO 10.1136/adc.62.7.735
VO 62
IS 7
A1 S M Herber
A1 R Kay
YR 1987
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/62/7/735.abstract
AB A retrospective analysis was performed in an attempt to identify perinatal risk factors for the development of growth hormone deficiency. More of the affected children were boys, and their birth weights were significantly lower than those of the national average; there were also considerably more preterm and post-term deliveries among boys.