Search for dissertations about: "Kjersti Kvernebo-Sunnergren"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Kjersti Kvernebo-Sunnergren.

2. 1. Sex steroid secretion during childhood in males - with focus on prematurity, birth size, and growth patterns

   Author : Kjersti Kvernebo-Sunnergren; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; androgens; birth weight; body height; body weight; child; estrogens; male; mass spectrometry; premature birth; Silver-Russell syndrome;

   Abstract : Aim: The overall aim of the thesis was to evaluate sex steroid secretion patterns during childhood in boys and to study how sex steroid concentrations relate to gestational age, birth weight, growth patterns, and adult height outcome. Patients and Methods: In paper I, 11 growth hormone-treated boys with Silver–Russell syndrome (SRS) who had reached adult height were included. READ MORE