Assessment of Growth Disturbance in Japanese Children with IBD

• Main Authors: Tetsuo Shono (Author), Mayuko Kato (Author), Yo Aoyagi (Author), Hidenori Haruna (Author), Tohru Fujii (Author), Takahiro Kudo (Author), Yoshikazu Ohtsuka (Author), Toshiaki Shimizu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In Japan, there is as yet no report on growth retardation in children with IBD. We therefore investigated the cause of growth retardation in Japanese children with IBD. We investigated the height, body weight, serum levels of albumin, IGF-I, CRP, and cytokines, and the amount of corticosteroid admin...