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Open Access 01-12-2014 | Editorial

Auxology – an editorial

Authors: Michael Hermanussen, Barry Bogin

Published in: Italian Journal of Pediatrics | Issue 1/2014

Abstract

Auxology (Greek αυξω - I let grow) is the science of human growth and development. Significant public interest focuses on questions like: how does my child grow? How did our ancestors grow? How do other people around the world grow? Are there advantages to being tall and disadvantages to being short? Am I too fat? And many questions are related to the treatment of growth failure.

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Title: Auxology – an editorial
Authors: Michael Hermanussen
Barry Bogin
Publication date: 01-12-2014
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Italian Journal of Pediatrics / Issue 1/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1824-7288
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1824-7288-40-8

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