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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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1998
1998
Reduced growth hormone (GH) responsiveness to combined GH‐releasing hormone and pyridostigmine administration in the Prader–Willi syndrome
It is unclear whether the blunted GH secretion in Prader–Willi Syndrome (PWS) is a true deficiency, or merely secondary to… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
Understanding the nutrition transition.
This article presents an overview of nutrition transition and experiences in China and Russia with monitoring of economic and… 
1986
1986
Subcutaneous fatness and stature: relationship from infancy to adulthood.
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Comparison of growth and somatomedin C responses following growth hormone treatment in children with small-for-date short stature, significant idiopathic short stature and hypopituitarism.
Somatomedin-C (Sm-C) and growth hormone (GH) levels were determined before, during and after human growth hormone (hGH) treatment… 
1980
1980
Sex-influenced expression ofMadelung's deformity inafamily withdyschondrosteosi s
SUMMARY Dyschondrosteosis is a mesomelic form of short stature which occurs in conjunction with a characteristic wrist deformity… 
1978
1978
Sex dimorphism in adult stature in four Chilean populations.
The sex dimorphism for adult stature is compared in four Chilean populations which differ in their Amerindian ABO blood group… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Inverse relationship in Jamaica between plasma high-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentration and coronary-disease risk as predicted by multiple risk-factor status.
1. The relation between plasma high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol concentration and multiple coronary-risk factor status… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Effectiveness of long-term human growth hormone therapy for short stature in children with growth hormone deficiency.
ABSTRACT The growth response to 6–12 mg/week of human growth hormone (HGH) administered for 2–5 yr was observed in 15 growth… 
1965
1965
Stature increase among Italian-Americans: environmental, genetic, or both?
Among 199 Italian-American men, aged 20–59, over 90% American born of Neapolitan parentage, and working in a single factory near… 
1962
1962
Blood types of the Cherokee Indians.
This is a report and interpretation of the inherited blood types in the eastern band of Cherokee Indians residing on their…