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Body Height

Known as: Stature, Body Heights, Height, Body 
The distance from the sole to the crown of the head with body standing on a flat surface and fully extended.
National Institutes of Health

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Broader (4)

Anatomic structuresBody ConstitutionBody SizeBody measure procedure
Body height:Len:Pt:^Mother:QnBody height:Length:Point in time:^Patient:QuantitativeBody height:Prctl:Pt:^Patient:QnHeight

Narrower (2)

Total Body Lengthstanding height

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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Improved equations estimating GFR in children with chronic kidney disease using an immunonephelometric determination of cystatin C
The Chronic Kidney Disease in Children study is a cohort of about 600 children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the United… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Suppression of tiller bud activity in tillering dwarf mutants of rice.
In this study, we analyzed five tillering dwarf mutants that exhibit reduction of plant stature and an increase in tiller numbers… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
IGF-I receptor mutations resulting in intrauterine and postnatal growth retardation.
BACKGROUND Approximately 10 percent of infants with intrauterine growth retardation remain small, and the causes of their growth… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
The short stature homeobox gene SHOX is involved in skeletal abnormalities in Turner syndrome.
Turner syndrome is characterized by short stature and is frequently associated with a variable spectrum of somatic features… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
PLANT DIVERSITY IN MANAGED FORESTS: UNDERSTORY RESPONSES TO THINNING AND FERTILIZATION
2 Environmental Forestry Research, Weyerhaeuser Company, Tacoma, Washington 98422 USA Abstract. Although most temperate forests… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Down syndrome phenotypes: the consequences of chromosomal imbalance.
Down syndrome (DS) is a major cause of mental retardation and congenital heart disease. Besides a characteristic set of facial… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Culture Is Destiny: A Conversation with Lee Kuan Yew
" O N E OF T H E ASYMMETRIES ofhistory," wrote Henry Kissinger of Singapore's patriarch Lee Kuan Yew, "is the lack of… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Growth hormone neurosecretory dysfunction. A treatable cause of short stature.
Pulsatile growth hormone (GH) secretion was assessed in a subgroup of short children to determine whether they had GH secretory… 
Highly Cited
1958
Highly Cited
1958
A re-evaluation of estimation of stature based on measurements of stature taken during life and of long bones after death.
Highly Cited
1952
Highly Cited
1952
Estimation of stature from long bones of American Whites and Negroes.
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