Evaluation of insulin-like growth factor-1 in apparently healthy infants and prepubertal Egyptian children with different nutritional statuses

• Main Authors: Hanan Mina Fouad (Author), Amal Ahmed Mohamed (Author), Nashwa Adel (Author), Mohamed Abdulhay (Author), Iman Khalifa (Author), Randa Ibrahim (Author), Naglaa Elsalway (Author), Ghada Maher Thabet (Author), Karima Nasraldin (Author), Ingy Maher El-Hefny (Author), Marwa S. Abd El-raouf (Author), Dalia Ghareeb (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Objectives to estimate insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) levels in apparently healthy infants and prepubertal children and compare results among different nutritional statuses. Methods Our cross-sectional work is a sub-study of a screening project for anemia and nutritional status. We in...