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Childhood height, adult height, and the risk of prostate cancer [PDF]
Cancer Causes & Control, 2016 We previously showed that childhood height is positively associated with prostate cancer risk. It is, however, unknown whether childhood height exerts its effects independently of or through adult height. We investigated whether and to what extent childhood height has a direct effect on the risk of prostate cancer apart from adult height.We included 5 ...
Bjerregaard, Lise Geisler +5 more
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Genetically-Predicted Adult Height and Alzheimer’s Disease [PDF]
Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 2017 Background: Observational studies have linked increased adult height with better cognitive performance and reduced risk of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). It is unclear whether the associations are due to shared biological processes that influence height and AD or due to confounding by early life exposures or environmental factors.
Larsson, SC +3 more
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A Case of Familial Male-limited Precocious Puberty with a Novel Mutation
JCRPE, 2021 Familial male-limited precocious puberty (FMPP), also known as testotoxicosis, is a rare cause of precocious puberty in males. It is caused by a mutation in the luteinizing hormone/chorionic gonadotropin receptor (LHCGR) gene, resulting in the receptor ...
Shilpa Gurnurkar +2 more
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Deficient knowledge in adult Turner syndrome care as an incentive to found Turner centers in Germany
Endocrine Connections, 2019 Objective: Turner syndrome (TS) is characterized by the complete or partial loss of the second sex chromosome and associated with a wide range of clinical manifestations. We aimed to assess the medical care of adult patients with TS in Germany. Design:
Elin Kahlert +10 more
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JCRPE, 2020 Objective:The aim was to assess growth velocity (GV) during human recombinant growth hormone (hGH) treatment of children with multiple pituitary hormone deficiency (MPHD) caused by pituitary stalk interruption syndrome (PSIS) and to analyze the ...
Fengxue Wang +4 more
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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023 ObjectiveTo study the impact of GH dose and age at GH start in girls with Turner syndrome (TS), aiming for normal height and age at pubertal onset (PO) and at adult height (AH). However, age at diagnosis will limit treatment possibilities.MethodsNational
Berit Kriström +4 more
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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022 IntroductionThe relationship between the characteristics of puberty growth and the stature (height and overweight and obesity) in late adolescence was not clear.
Li Chen +16 more
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Should Skeletal Maturation Be Manipulated for Extra Height Gain?
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2021 Skeletal maturation can be delayed by reducing the exposure to estrogens, either by halting pubertal development through administering a GnRH analogue (GnRHa), or by blocking the conversion of androgens to estrogens through an aromatase inhibitor (AI ...
Jan M. Wit
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Adult height in relation to risk of cancer in a cohort of 22,809,722 Korean adults
British Journal of Cancer, 2019 The present study examined whether adult height was associated with all site-combined or site-specific cancers. We used a nationwide claim data of 22,809,722 Korean participants including both men and women (2009–2012).
Y. J. Choi +6 more
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Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Scienze Medico-Biologiche, 2017 A 5-years-old girl was diagnosed with Turner syndrome (TS) during a diagnostic work-up for short stature and dysmorphic features. Chromosome analysis revealed rare X-chromosomal abnormalities 46 Xt (13:X) (p12:q24). GH therapy was started at the age of 5.
Giorgia Pepe +6 more
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