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Physician’ attitudes to growth hormone replacement therapy in adults following pituitary surgery: Results of an online survey

Avicenna Journal of Medicine, 2020
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate physician attitudes and practices in the management of adult growth hormone deficiency (GHD) following pituitary surgery. Materials and Methods: An online questionnaire survey was sent to a sample group of
Aishah Ekhzaimy, Salem A Beshyah, Khaled M Al-Dahmani, Mussa H AlMalki   +3 more
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Idiopathic Male Osteoporosis and Growth Hormone Deficiency

Endocrinology Research and Practice, 2022
Growth hormone is essential in normal bone growth and maintenance of bone metabolism. In the setting of childhood onset growth hormone deficiency, osteoporosi s is inevitable without replacement therapy. Growth hormone demonstrates its function over bone
Gürcan Kısakol, Gökhan Özgen
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Is a Two-Year Growth Response to Growth Hormone Treatment a Better Predictor of Poor Adult Height Outcome Than a First-Year Growth Response in Prepubertal Children With Growth Hormone Deficiency?

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2021
ObjectiveThe first year response to growth hormone (GH) treatment is related to the total height gain in GH treated children, but an individual poor first year response is a weak predictor of a poor total GH effect in GH deficient (GHD) children.
Saartje Straetemans, Saartje Straetemans, Saartje Straetemans, Raoul Rooman, Jean De Schepper, Jean De Schepper, Jean De Schepper   +6 more
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Adult growth hormone deficiency treatment with a combination of growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-1 resulting in elevated sustainable insulin-like growth factor-1 and insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3 plasma levels: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2010
Introduction Adult Growth hormone Deficiency is a well known phenomenon effecting both males and females. Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency is marked by a number of neuropsychiatric, cognitive performance, cardiac, metabolic, muscular, and bone symptoms ...
Madigan Margaret, Chen Thomas JH, Yeldandi Swetha, Damle Uma J, Bowirrat Abdalla, Braverman Eric R, Kerner Mallory, Huang Stanley X, Savarimuthu Stella, Blum Kenneth   +9 more
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Impact of recombinant human growth hormone (rh-GH) treatment on psychiatric, neuropsychological and clinical profiles of GH deficient adults: a placebo - controlled trial [PDF]

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 1999
BACKGROUND: Untreated GH-deficient adults have a diversity of dysfunctions (e.g. reduced muscle strength, emotional instability during stress, depressive symptoms) that may cause deleterious effects on quality of life, and may be positively influenced by
CLÁUDIO DE NOVAES SOARES, NINA ROSA MUSOLINO, MALEBRANCHE CUNHA NETO, MARIA ADELAIDE CAIRES, MARIA CRISTINA ROSENTHAL, CANDIDA PIRES CAMARGO, MARCELLO D. BRONSTEIN   +6 more
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The Treatment of Growth Hormone Deficiency in Adults [PDF]

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2000
In analogy with other hormonal replacement therapy GH treatment should be commenced with a low starting dose, independent of body weight or body surface area. Hormonal replacement should mimic the normal physiology to minimize the risk of side effects in the life-long replacement of adults.
B A, Bengtsson, G, Johannsson, S M, Shalet, H, Simpson, P H, Sonken   +4 more
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Growth hormone deficiency and the transition from pediatric to adult care

Jornal de Pediatria, 2021
Objective: To discuss the approach to patients diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency (GHD) in childhood during the transition period from puberty to adulthood, focusing on the following: (1) physiology; (2) effects of recombinant human GH (rhGH ...
Ana Beatriz Winter Tavares, Paulo Ferrez Collett-Solberg   +1 more
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Effects of long-term growth hormone therapy in a girl with Floating-Harbor syndrome [PDF]

Annals of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2020
Floating-Harbor syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant disorder that presents with short stature, facial dysmorphism, significantly delayed bone age, skeletal abnormalities, speech and language problems, and intellectual disabilities.
Hyun Woo Son, Jeong Eun Lee, Seung Hwan Oh, Changwon Keum, Woo Yeong Chung   +4 more
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A Novel Pathogenic IGSF1 Variant in a Patient with GH and TSH Deficiency Diagnosed by High IGF-I Values at Transition to Adult Care

JCRPE, 2023
IGSF1 deficiency is a rare X-linked condition characterized by central hypothyroidism and a wide variety of other clinical features with variable prevalence, including a delayed pubertal testosterone rise and growth spurt in the context of normal or ...
Aslı Derya Kardelen, Esin Karakılıç Özturan, Şükran Poyrazoğlu, Firdevs Baş, Serdar Ceylaner, Sjoerd D. Joustra, Jan M. Wit, Feyza Darendeliler   +7 more
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Discontinuation of long-term growth hormone treatment in adults with growth hormone deficiency: a survey of UK practice

Endocrine Connections
Objective: We conducted a survey of UK endocrine clinicians between June 2022 and August 2022 to understand current practices regarding GH treatment discontinuation in adults with growth hormone deficiency.
Sherwin Criseno, Helena Gleeson, Andrew A Toogood, Neil Gittoes, Anne Topping, Niki Karavitaki   +5 more
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