Growth hormone deficiency in cleft lip and palate patients

Introduction: Failure to thrive (FTT) is relatively common among cleft patients, most commonly attributed to feeding problems during the first months of life. Close association between midline clefts and pituitary gland abnormalities prompted us to determine the frequency of growth hormone deficienc...

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Main Authors: Shahin AbdollahiFakhim, Gholamreza Bayazian, Siamak Shiva, Mojtaba Sohrabpour, Younes Ebrahimzade
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences 2015-11-01
Series:Journal of Analytical Research in Clinical Medicine
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Online Access:http://journals.tbzmed.ac.ir/JARCM/Manuscript/JARCM-3-231.pdf