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Jan M. Wit
Researcher at Leiden University Medical Center
Publications - 324
Citations - 16091
Jan M. Wit is an academic researcher from Leiden University Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Short stature & Idiopathic short stature. The author has an hindex of 64, co-authored 315 publications receiving 14688 citations. Previous affiliations of Jan M. Wit include Leiden University & European Institute.
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Continuing positive secular growth change in the Netherlands 1955-1997
A.M. Fredriks,S. van Buuren,R.J.F. Burgmeijer,J.F. Meulmeester,R.J. Beuker,E. Brugman,M.J. Roede,S.P. Verloove-Vanhorick,Jan M. Wit +8 more
TL;DR: A positive secular growth change has been present in the past 42 y for children, adolescents, and young adults of Dutch origin, although at a slower rate in the last 17 y.
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Consensus Statement on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Children with Idiopathic Short Stature: A Summary of the Growth Hormone Research Society, the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society, and the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology Workshop
Pinchas Cohen,Alan D. Rogol,Cheri Deal,Paul Saenger,Edward O. Reiter,Judith L. Ross,Steven D. Chernausek,M.O. Savage,Jan M. Wit +8 more
TL;DR: GH therapy for children with ISS has a similar safety profile to other GH indications, and psychological counseling is worthwhile to consider instead of or as an adjunct to hormone treatment.
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Body index measurements in 1996–7 compared with 1980
TL;DR: BMI age references have increased in the past 17 years and should be a priority in child public health, according to the World Health Organisation/European childhood obesity group.
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Systemic and Local Regulation of the Growth Plate
TL;DR: An update on the present perception of growth plate function and the regulation of chondrocyte proliferation and differentiation by systemic and local regulators of which most are now related to human growth disorders is presented.
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Catch-up growth
Bart Boersma,Jan M. Wit +1 more
TL;DR: The neuroendocrine hypothesis, the growth plate hypothesis, and the somatotrophic axis are considered as hypotheses for the future direction of catch-up growth research.