Obese Children Who Are Referred to the Pediatric Endocrinologist: Characteristics and Outcome
- 1 February 2005
- journal article
- Published by American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in Pediatrics
- Vol. 115 (2) , 348-351
- https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2004-1452
Abstract
Objective. The objective of this study was to characterize a population of obese children who were referred to a pediatric endocrinology clinic and to analyze the outcome of the referral.Keywords
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