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The use of local reference growth charts for clinical use or a universal standard: A balanced appraisal

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  1. Section of Medical Statistics and Biometry, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    S. Milani

  2. Department of Paediatrics, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

    J. M. H. Buckler (Honorary Senior Lecturer)

  3. Section of Child Life and Health, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

    C. J. H. Kelnar

  4. University School of Motor Sciences, Turin, Italy

    L. Benso (Professor of Auxology)

  5. Department of Neonatology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

    G. Gilli

  6. Centro Studi Auxologici, Florence, Italy

    I. Nicoletti

  7. University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    G. Faglia (Professor Emeritus of Endocrinology)

  8. Department of Paediatrics, Regional Hospital, Bolzano, Italy

    G. Radetti

  9. Division of Pediatrics, Department of Medical Science, University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy

    G. Bona

  10. Department of Child Health and Department of Statistics, Netherlands Organization for Applied Science (TNO), Leiden, The Netherlands

    Y. Schonbeck & S. Van Buuren

  11. Aschauhof, Altenhof, Germany

    M. Hermanussen

  12. Laboratorio Sperimentale Ricerche Auxo-endocrinologiche, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Via Ariosto 13, 20145, Milan and Verbania, Italy

    G. Grugni, N. Marazzi & A. Sartorio MD

  13. Section for Pediatrics, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

    P. B. Júlíusson & R. Bjerknes

  14. Laboratory for Anthropogenetics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium

    M. Roelants & R. Hauspie

  15. Department of Youth Health Care, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    M. Roelants & K. Hoppenbrouwers

  16. Consultant of Hopital Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    H. Lejarraga

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Milani, S., Buckler, J.M.H., Kelnar, C.J.H. et al. The use of local reference growth charts for clinical use or a universal standard: A balanced appraisal. J Endocrinol Invest 35, 224–226 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03345422

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