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. 1988 Aug;147(6):602-5.
doi: 10.1007/BF00442472.

Short stature: a common feature in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

U Eiholzer  1 , E Boltshauser, D Frey, L Molinari, M Zachmann
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Short stature: a common feature in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

U Eiholzer et al. Eur J Pediatr. 1988 Aug.

Abstract

In a retrospective growth evaluation, which included parental height, birth length and a longitudinal analysis of growth and bone maturation, it has been shown that short stature is a common finding in Duchenne muscular dystrophy already in an early or even preclinical stage. Normal length and weight at birth, slow subsequent growth with a curve crossing the centiles in the 1st years of life, and normal bone maturation are characteristic of this type of short stature.

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