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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
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
Further observations on four subgroups of normal variant short stature.
In a previous report, we classified normal variant short stature (NVSS) children into four subcategories on the basis of… 
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… 
1976
1976
Psychoendocrinological studies in dwarfed children and adolescents.
Thirty-two dwarfed children and adolescents were studied clinically, by laboratory assessment, by a battery of psychological… 
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… 
1973
1973
Exercise as a screening test for growth hormone deficiency in children.
Lacey, (1973). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 48,508. Exercise as a screening test for growth hormone deficiency in children… 
1971
1971
Autosomal recessive deafnessassociated with short stature, vitiligo, muscle wasting and achalasia.
The family pedigree in this communication represents a new syndrome of deafness which is probably inherited as an autosomal… 
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… 
1970
1970
Skinfold thickness, body measurements and age changes in Trio and Wajana Indians of Surinam.
The nutritional status of Trio and Wajana is representative of a group living under primitive conditions in a favourable… 
1940
1940
ROENTGENOLOGIC STUDY OF ANOMALIES OF THE HANDS IN ONE HUNDRED CASES OF MONGOLISM
The clinical entity of mongolism was described by Down1in 1866. The disease is characterized by mental retardation and somatic…