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Too Short and Too Poor: A Tale of Two Siblings

Overview
Journal Indian J Endocrinol Metab
Specialty Endocrinology
Date 2012 Oct 23
PMID 23087870
Authors
Laxminarasimhan Balaji
Chandrasekaran Venkatesh
Nanda Chhavi
Dhandapani Gunasekaran
Palanisamy Soundararajan
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Abstract

Two short siblings who were brought for evaluation of short stature are described with emphasis on availability of resources in the diagnosis and management of the cause of short stature in them.

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