Growth - Research News and Information

Friday, January 09, 2009

Improved growth velocity during thyroid hormone therapy in children with Fanconi anemia and borderline thyroid function.

30 Oct 2008 BACKGROUND: Children with Fanconi anemia (FA) tend to have short stature, mild thyrotropin (TSH) elevation, and borderline low free thyroxine (FT4). Objective was to examine whether thyroid hormone therapy improves linear growth in children with FA ... Read more...

Associations between birth weight and later body composition: evidence from the 4-component model.

29 Sep 2008 BACKGROUND: Higher birth weight is associated with higher body mass index, traditionally interpreted as greater fatness or obesity, in later life. However, its relation with individual body-composition components and fat distribution remains ... Read more...

Effect on growth of long-term treatment with intranasal triamcinolone acetonide aqueous in children with allergic rhinitis.

29 Sep 2008 BACKGROUND: Guidelines recommend treatment with intranasal corticosteroids for patients with allergic rhinitis (AR), but concerns remain about possible adverse effects. OBJECTIVE: To present the 1- and 2-year growth results for children with AR ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Growth'

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• Improved growth velocity during thyroid hormone therapy in children with Fanconi anemia and borderline thyroid function. 30 Oct 2008
• Time to step up to the plate: adopting the WHO 2006 growth curves for US infants. 30 Oct 2008
• Associations between birth weight and later body composition: evidence from the 4-component model. 29 Sep 2008
• Effect on growth of long-term treatment with intranasal triamcinolone acetonide aqueous in children with allergic rhinitis. 29 Sep 2008
• Effects of lead pollution from vehicular exhaust fumes against sentinel juvenile Achatina achatina. 9 Sep 2008
• Food frequency information--relationships to body composition and apparent growth in 4-year-old children in the Pacific Island Family Study. 3 Sep 2008
• Growing pains: a noninflammatory pain syndrome of early childhood. 31 Aug 2008
• The impact of constipation on growth in children. 30 Aug 2008
• CD4 cell response before and after HAART initiation according to viral load and growth indicators in HIV-1-infected children in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. 30 Aug 2008
• Evaluation of short and tall stature in children. 30 Aug 2008
• Do overweight children necessarily make overweight adults? Repeated cross sectional annual nationwide survey of Japanese girls and women over nearly six decades. 19 Aug 2008
• Morphogenesis of growing soft tissues. 3 Aug 2008
• Effects of dietary benzo[a]pyrene on growth and hematological parameters in juvenile rockfish, Sebastes schlegeli (Hilgendorf). 31 Jul 2008
• Foreword to the special issue on "theoretical, experimental, and computational aspects of growth and remodeling": Michael S. Sacks and John C. Criscione (guest editors). 30 Jul 2008
• Maintenance versus growth: investigating the costs of immune activation among children in lowland Bolivia. 30 Jul 2008
• How is extinction risk related to population-size variability over time? A family of models for species with repeated extinction and immigration. 30 Jul 2008
• Insulin-like growth factor-1 and lean body mass in HIV-infected children. 30 Jul 2008
• Do the benefits of daily inhaled steroid treatment of mild asthma outweigh the risks? 30 Jul 2008
• Growth and final height after liver transplantation during childhood. 30 Jul 2008
• Growth of children on classical and medium-chain triglyceride ketogenic diets. 30 Jul 2008

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Technical information about 'Growth'

Definition: Gradual increase in the number, the size, and the complexity of cells of an individual. Growth generally results in increase in ORGAN WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; and BODY HEIGHT.

Descriptor UI: D006128

Alternative terms: Growth;

Related Mesh Headings: Child Development; Personality Development;

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects; genetics; immunology; physiology; radiation effects;

Tree Number: G07.700.320.249;

Technical Notes: General only; prefer /growth with specific organ or organism: Manual 19.7+, 19.8.35