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Growth reference charts: Which are more appropriate?

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  1. Division of Pediatrics, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy

    S. Bellone & G. Bona

  2. Division of Pediatrics, Department of Biomedicine of Developing Age, University of Bari, Bari, Italy

    L. Cavallo

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Bellone, S., Cavallo, L. & Bona, G. Growth reference charts: Which are more appropriate?. J Endocrinol Invest 29, 579–580 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03344155

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