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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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14 relations

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
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Prevalence of mutations in the short stature homeobox containing gene (SHOX) in Madelung deformity of childhood
In 1878, Madelung described a painful, disabling, and deforming abnormality of the forearm in which misalignment of the bones of… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Short Normal Stature and Psychosocial Disadvantage: A Critical Review of the Evidence
Physicians and parents alike are under increasing pressure to identify and to treat short stature, but intervention implies the… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Short stature--the role of intelligence in psychosocial adjustment.
Short children are often described as having psychosocial problems. These reports may be inaccurate as former studies have relied… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Child growth and schistosomiasis japonica in northeastern Leyte, the Philippines: cross-sectional results.
The association between schistosomiasis japonica and child growth was studied cross-sectionally in 1,561 males and females aged 4… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
Decreased stature associated with moderate blood lead concentrations in Mexican-American children.
The relationship of blood lead concentration to stature was evaluated by examining data from a sample of 1454 Mexican-American… 
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… 
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
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Levels of fatness and size attainment.
In a generally low-income group of 4,888 White boys and girls, 740 obese children (above the 85th percentile for the triceps… 
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… 
Highly Cited
1956
Highly Cited
1956
Growth of the normal foot during childhood and adolescence; length of the foot and interrelations of foot, stature, and lower extremity as seen in serial records of children between 1-18 years of age…
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