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Article: New findings from University of Tartu, Department of Paediatrics in the area of congenital adrenal hyperplasia in children described.(Report)
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- February 18, 2009
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New research, 'Short-term growth in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia,' is the subject of a report. "To describe short-term growth patterns in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). Height was measured daily in 5 children (1 boy) aged 3.9-9.7 years over 9-16 months," investigators in Tartu, Estonia report (see also Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia).
"Kernel regression analysis was used to characterise short-term growth. The results were compared with data from 43 normal prepubertal children. Growth was characterised by growth spurts with intervening periods of no discernible growth (stasis). Height gain was positively correlated with the ...